CIO OPINION
The success of any DevOps strategy as organizations race to recover will depend on how they deliver
value by creating digital experiences and delivering software products . Companies that can deploy software-based solutions as a product at scale will get ahead of companies that stick to traditional IT project management .
3 . Organize teams around common goals
Organizations tend to have a disproportionate focus on adoption of DevOps tools or how much of their infrastructure is in the cloud and neglect to manage the change required in people and processes .
At the core of DevOps is a way of thinking and working that provides a meaningful bridge between the competing priorities of operations , development and security , and promotes collaboration between these teams .
Establishing common goals and introducing consistent practises to collaborate and communicate across teams is crucial to speed up the delivery of better-quality code in a standard and safe manner . DevOps and DevSecOps tools that bring about sharing and convergence can help change the organizational mindset and move DevOps practices beyond an initial team .
The success of the DevOps strategy rests on the implementation of not just technical needs like automation but organizational changes as well . Organizations that address all these components empower teams to move securely faster , capitalizing on the region ’ s acceleration towards thriving in the new normal . Businesses across all sectors will have to get very comfortable with adapting and transforming successfully in order to become more resilient amidst ample disruptions . p
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• With over 20 years in the tech world , Abby Kearns is a true veteran of the technology industry . Her lengthy career has spanned product marketing , product management and consulting across Fortune 500 companies and start-ups alike . At Puppet , she leads the vision and direction of its current and future enterprise product portfolio . Prior to joining Puppet , Abby was the CEO of the Cloud Foundry Foundation where she focused on driving the foundation ’ s vision and growing the open source project . Through her tenure , Abby built an install base that included most of the Fortune 500 . Her background also includes companies such as Pivotal , Verizon , Totality , EDS and Sabre .
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