When we talk about DevOps we mean the set of process automation practices in the software and IT departments. DevOps is a movement, or work philosophy, also defined as a culture of shared responsibility or systematic thinking, whose ultimate objective is none other than to work based on collaboration between members of the software development and IT / operations teams to achieve better and more agile results.
This movement began to become more visible in 2007, when, being aware of the disunity and independence with which the software development and IT operations teams worked, it was decided to begin to change the way of working and Modify the model based on the one that had been working so far and that had amply demonstrated its ineffectiveness in terms of slowness in the publication of developments, disunity between teams and customer dissatisfaction.
The previous model did not allow code developers to interfere in the organization and operation of the tasks carried out by those responsible for deploying and maintaining the code. Both departments worked separately and, on many occasions, pursued different objectives. This train crash, this separation of interests, inevitably caused the projects to suffer.
Without a doubt, a change was necessary, so DevOps was born as a culture of collaborative work, responsibility and shared objectives between the different departments involved in a software collection, testing and publishing project, which improves transparency and reinforces the internal communication lines.
The result? Shared objectives, greater visibility of the work of the departments, integration of the entire team in the development processes, more agility in the publication of software, greater productivity, improvement in the resolution of incidents and less frustrated and more motivated teams. No, DevOps does not work miracles; it requires dedication time and gradual implementation in teams.
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