DevOps Implementation Strategy



DevOps Implementation Strategy



DevOps Implementation

Implementing a good DevOps process will benefit any organization to a great extent. This includes planning, developing, integration and automation. There are a few product areas that can immediately benefit from some integration and automation tasks that will reduce the manual work involved, increase the responsiveness of the support team and optimize the resources used.

A typical DevOps implementation will integrate and automate the different process with tools appropriate to the customer.

DevOps Engineer need to engage with the customer and can perform below-listed steps that will enable him to implement DevOps in any organization.

 v  Understand the current product and service lifecycle from the requirement to production (and maintenance).
v  Finalize with the management the objectives for a DevOps implementation.
v  Document (if not existing earlier) existing processes and systems.
v  Create a baseline measurement of the current DevOps tools and capability.
v  Uncover opportunities for improvement.
v  Identify the most impactful areas to the business.


v  Document ideal end-state for teams.
v  Generate and present a roadmap to implement/improve DevOps process using relevant platforms and tools.
v  Prototype implementation to improve one area of improvement.

Understanding the current situation

DevOps engineer will need to engage in conversation with the respective teams in the organization and asses the current DevOps capabilities and the tools used. This is done with the help of a questionnaire that will be shared with the stakeholders. A properly filled up questionnaire will give a good understanding of the current setup at the customer organization.



Finalizing the DevOps objectives

DevOps engineer with the help of stakeholders will finalize the DevOps objectives of the implementation and also an appropriate timeline for achieving those objectives.

Documentation of existing processes

The current processes, tools & systems used by the customer will be documented if no such document exists already with the customer.

Baseline measurement

Before starting the project, some measurements to indicate the current DevOps tools and capability will be noted down. Some examples of these measurements would be the Number of releases in a year; Average time to fix a defect and so on. This measurement will be compared after the engagement is completed.

Opportunities for improvement

During the analysis of the current process and tools, there will be some areas that will require improvement in terms of process or technology. This will be incorporated into the final presentation.



Impactful areas

Each area of improvement will be analyzed for business impact and the areas with high impact will be documented.

Ideal end-state

After all the analysis is done and processed, the ideal end-state from a DevOps standpoint will be documented and presented. This will include the process and tools that will fit the customer requirement. Some of the processes would be: Code review process; Versioning best practice; Infrastructure recommendation to use of private cloud; and so on.

Roadmap

Finally, a roadmap that will show the steps to implement a new DevOps process or to improve the existing process and the list of tools that are recommended will be presented to the customer.

Prototype

DevOps engineer then need to show the benefit of the new DevOps process by prototyping and demonstrating one of the areas identified for improvement.



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My Name is Ankur Jain and I am currently working as Automation Test Architect.I am ISTQB Certified Test Manager,Certified UI Path RPA Developer as well as Certified Scrum Master with total 12 years of working experience with lot of big banking clients around the globe.I love to Design Automation Testing Frameworks with Selenium,Appium,Protractor,Cucumber,Rest-Assured, Katalon Studio and currently exploring lot in Dev-OPS as well. I am currently staying in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Please Connect with me through Contact Us page of this website.

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September 22, 2019 at 9:24 AM

Could you please post some blogs related to Security in DevSecOps
As part of DevSecOps, what kind of Security rules to be followed and any free/licensed tool that are used in the organizations.

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Rajesh

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