Lack of scalability and flexibility
Many organizations fail to design their DevOps workflows to be scalable and flexible, leading to issues when projects grow in size or complexity, even though those two things are crucial aspects of DevOps as they enable organizations to respond to changing business requirements and handle increasing workloads efficiently. However, you can fall into the trap of overlooking these factors, which can lead to serious misconceptions and pitfalls. Let’s delve into the importance of scalability and flexibility in DevOps and explore some common misconceptions and pitfalls, such as the following:
- DevOps is only for small teams or projects
- Inability to scale infrastructure
- Flexibility compromises stability
- Lack of flexibility in release management
Let us look at these misconceptions and pitfalls in detail.
DevOps is only for small teams or projects
One common misconception is that DevOps is only relevant for small teams...