CA Technologies has described three trends in DevOps that it expects will come under the organisational spotlight in 2017.
DevOps removes the silos between the development (dev) and operations (ops) teams, leading to better communication and collaboration between the two units and ultimately greater digital agility for the organisation.
“As organisations race to deliver innovations to market, they will find that ensuring the quality, security and performance of their applications are just as important as speed. DevOps plays a pivotal role in making sure these happen as businesses put software at the core of their DNA to survive and thrive in today’s application economy,” said Richard Gerdis, VP, DevOps, Asia Pacific & Japan, CA Technologies.
The top DevOps trends predicted by CA are not specifically about development or operations:
1. Continuous testing
Rapidly promoting new code into production fuels the need for speed, but this can also be a fast track to digital failure, CA Technologies says. The accelerated pace of development puts pressure on the testing function, relegating it to a single phase within the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This is insufficient as customer expectations of digital experiences tend to escalate over time. As customers raise the bar on the software, existing code will fail the revised hurdle.
The only way to produce good, quality code is to test it rigorously, and more importantly, to test it throughout the DevOps lifecycle. Testing can no longer be the job of quality assurance (QA) engineers alone. Developers need to be able to test code and make the test results also available to operations.
2. Development, security, and operations will unify to become DevSecOps
Security is likely to continue being an important topic this year, given the growing intensity and sophistication of cyber threats. In addition to speed and quality, good code also needs to protect users against cyber-malice, and organisations from negative publicity and reputational damage.
For code to be safe, it must be deployed within a solid security architecture, CA Technologies advises. Security validation should be viewed as a special case of testing as the requirements of security-related code testing are unique and dynamic. Another tip is to involve experts and constituencies not usually included in the DevOps process for a more comprehensive perspective on potential vulnerabilities.
3. Increased focus on DevOps metrics
Until recently, very few organisations paid attention to DevOps metrics. After all, it can be tough to get basic DevOps processes, tools and culture in place. However, it is difficult to improve what cannot be measured, which is why the adoption and standardisation of DevOps success metrics are likely to gain ground this year.
Metrics, both collective and individual, can improve digital practices in many ways. Collective metrics can discover bottlenecks in processes and optimise resource allocation. Individual metrics can pinpoint coaching needs and replicate good performance. With this variety of benefits, it is highly plausible that the industry will concur on a common set of metrics this year.
DevOps removes the silos between the development (dev) and operations (ops) teams, leading to better communication and collaboration between the two units and ultimately greater digital agility for the organisation.
“As organisations race to deliver innovations to market, they will find that ensuring the quality, security and performance of their applications are just as important as speed. DevOps plays a pivotal role in making sure these happen as businesses put software at the core of their DNA to survive and thrive in today’s application economy,” said Richard Gerdis, VP, DevOps, Asia Pacific & Japan, CA Technologies.
The top DevOps trends predicted by CA are not specifically about development or operations:
1. Continuous testing
Rapidly promoting new code into production fuels the need for speed, but this can also be a fast track to digital failure, CA Technologies says. The accelerated pace of development puts pressure on the testing function, relegating it to a single phase within the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This is insufficient as customer expectations of digital experiences tend to escalate over time. As customers raise the bar on the software, existing code will fail the revised hurdle.
The only way to produce good, quality code is to test it rigorously, and more importantly, to test it throughout the DevOps lifecycle. Testing can no longer be the job of quality assurance (QA) engineers alone. Developers need to be able to test code and make the test results also available to operations.
2. Development, security, and operations will unify to become DevSecOps
Security is likely to continue being an important topic this year, given the growing intensity and sophistication of cyber threats. In addition to speed and quality, good code also needs to protect users against cyber-malice, and organisations from negative publicity and reputational damage.
For code to be safe, it must be deployed within a solid security architecture, CA Technologies advises. Security validation should be viewed as a special case of testing as the requirements of security-related code testing are unique and dynamic. Another tip is to involve experts and constituencies not usually included in the DevOps process for a more comprehensive perspective on potential vulnerabilities.
3. Increased focus on DevOps metrics
Until recently, very few organisations paid attention to DevOps metrics. After all, it can be tough to get basic DevOps processes, tools and culture in place. However, it is difficult to improve what cannot be measured, which is why the adoption and standardisation of DevOps success metrics are likely to gain ground this year.
Metrics, both collective and individual, can improve digital practices in many ways. Collective metrics can discover bottlenecks in processes and optimise resource allocation. Individual metrics can pinpoint coaching needs and replicate good performance. With this variety of benefits, it is highly plausible that the industry will concur on a common set of metrics this year.
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