The evolution of software development has three significant milestones. First was introducing the waterfall method that focused on the time required to release a product. Then came the agile methodology which optimized the development life-cycle.

Now, DevOps seeks to unite development and operations to work together as a single team. It increases productivity, improves collaboration, and delivers superior products.

Adopting agile and DevOps practices in software development presents a challenge to many. The first step to overcoming this obstacle is understanding the difference between agile and DevOps and the role these development methodologies play.

Key Differences Between Agile and DevOps

• Agile focuses on cross-functional team communication and deploying constant iterative releases. DevOps focuses on uniting the Development and Operations teams in a continuous development process.
• Agile focuses on embracing mid-project changes. DevOps focuses on the end-to-end software engineering process that embraces constant development and testing.
• Agile advocates making incremental deployments after each sprint. DevOps aims to introduce continuous delivery daily.
• In Agile, teams have similar skill-sets. In DevOps, team members have diverse skill-sets.

What is Agile?

Agile is a methodology that focuses on continuously delivering small manageable increments of a project through iterative development and testing. It was introduced as an alternative to the traditional waterfall methodology, known for its structured, linear, sequential life-cycle.

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