DevOps: The Benefits of DevOps

The Benefits of DevOps 

Collaboration :

Relationships have to be formed in order to have success, especially amongst co-workers. DevOps provides a unique opportunity for different teams to work together on one platform. Teams will work toward common organizational goals, not just their department specific goals. DevOps facilitates collaboration by breaking down the silos among Dev/Ops/QA teams and encourages them to work together toward a single goal: Creating more value for your organization. Furthermore, people from different departments coming together can spark new ideas and streamline production.  

Speed :

It takes a lot of time to test a new product. The operations team is tasked for setting up the testing environment and executing the testing process. DevOps speeds up the pace at which you deliver your software features and modifications through automated testing and integration. In addition, DevOps allows developers to watch the product for any software bugs or fixes throughout its life cycle. A feature in DevOps, Value Stream Mapping, helps you identify production bottlenecks and non-value adding processes.  

Innovation  :

Business innovation involves brainstorming new ideas and bouncing ideas off of other people. When these ideas turn into reality and are brought to fruition, value is added to a business. Because of the high speed of operations through DevOps, it frees up the developer’s time. So, they can instead spend time experimenting with any additional features or improving the effectiveness of the existing ones. DevOps cultivates and encourages such an environment where the developers are not restricted to a set of inflexible instructions. Projects are always open for innovation  

Agility  :

The competition in the business world is unlike any other. Especially in a free market like the United States, businesses are constantly trying to stay one step ahead of the competition. DevOps practices allow an organization to be flexible when it comes to balancing its capacity as a consequence to demand fluctuations. Through this, businesses can understand how the customers use their products and the overall preferences to continuously deliver features that bring value to them. Additionally, DevOps adoption improves the way change management is performed and ensures that it doesn’t slow down and interrupt the current process.  

Customer Satisfaction  :

Customer satisfaction will make or break a business. DevOps can help with your customer experience. Feedback is an important aspect in making improvements with products. Feedback loops allow customers to track the progress of the application build at various stages and suggest any desired changes. Feedback loops are generally dynamic in nature and will help you ensure that your end-users and developers are on the same page with respect to the application that’s being developed. DevOps gives you the ability to get products to customers quickly and receive feedback quickly.