How to Assess and Improve DevOps

By Bob Aiello

Many of my esteemed colleagues are sharing their approaches to implementing continuous delivery and other DevOps best practices. Their approach often assumes that the organization is willing to completely discard their existing processes and procedures and start from what we often refer to as a “green field”. Internet startups can afford to take this approach. But, if you are implementing DevOps in a large financial services firm or a growing ecommerce retailer, you may not be able to stop the train while we lay down new tracks and switches. In my work, I have always had to help teams improve their CM, ALM & DevOps best practices while simultaneously supporting the existing production operations – introducing new processes without disrupting the continuous implementing of new releases and patches to support the business. If you would like to succeed in the real world, then you need to be able to assess your existing practices and come up with a strategy for improving while you still support a vibrant ongoing business. Click here to learn more about how to conduct the DevOps assessment.