Setting Up Teams for Success
In the DevOps realm, the success and effectiveness of all initiatives depend on the coordinated integration of both people and technology. Focusing on just one is not going to reap many benefits. By recognizing the importance of both, organizations can unlock the full potential of DevOps, resulting in faster software delivery life cycles with increased quality and reliability.
People drive the cultural and collaborative aspects of DevOps. They bring their skills and expertise to drive a mindset of shared responsibility, continuous improvement, and effective communication. Technology, on the other hand, provides the necessary tooling, automation, and infrastructure management to support this mindset. Software delivery approaches such as CI, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) empower teams to improve the overall efficiency of delivering code to the customers.
With DevOps, people reach for tooling too quickly. Before they do that, they...