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| Source: CA Technologies infographic. Organisations in APJ are committed to DevOps and agile practices, but implementation has only begun for about a quarter of respondents. |
While most organisations in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region are committed to the full adoption of both agile and DevOps practices, there are challenges along the way. These findings are from a CA Technologies study*, How Agile and DevOps Enable Digital Readiness and Transformation, which aims to provide insights for IT and business executives on how agile and DevOps practices can empower digital readiness and transformation.
The study reveals that 73% of APJ respondents recognise that agile and DevOps approaches have the capabilities to drive significant business success when implemented together. However, the study also shows that only approximately half of the respondents consider the consistency, depth and breadth of usage of these practices to be at a relatively high rate in their organisations.
In addition, the study also identifies a group called Agility Masters, defined as the top 17% of the APJ respondents, which consists of IT and business executives who have mastered the key principles of implementing agile and DevOps practices as part of their daily operations. These agile organisations in APJ are seeing a 49% higher rate of average revenue growth and 59% higher rate of average profit growth, and are 2.5 times more likely than their mainstream counterparts to be growing profit at a rate of more than 20%.
“There is a rising pressure to ensure all parts of an organisation are as flexible and agile as possible to meet changing customer demands, user expectations, regulatory changes and – most importantly – market opportunities in a digital world,” said Abhilash Purushothaman, VP, DevOps, Asia Pacific & Japan, CA Technologies. “Business leaders in APJ need to be aggressive and proactive in driving adoption of agile and DevOps within their organisations. The success of their businesses depends on it.”
The research recognises that the implementation of agile and DevOps practices across the software lifecycle is not just a matter of new skills or working patterns. For some, it also requires a significant shift in mindset and behaviour. Making those changes is a people-centric issue – even at the executive level.
Organisations in APJ have outlined the following top priorities to improve effectiveness:
- Obtain more support and commitment from management at all levels (81%)
- Improve workplace culture to further encourage collaboration (80%)
- Train IT teams on collaboration and incorporate best practices into their day-to-day jobs (77%)
- Invest in more resources to help implement agile and DevOps practices (73%)
Respondents in APJ also found it very difficult or challenging to find professionals who were familiar with agile methods (70%), had experience with DevOps (77%) and/or had collaborative cross-team working experience (70%). This clearly indicates a skills gap for the majority of organisations, which requires resources, especially training, to be made available.
The connection between agile, DevOps and business outcomes centres around a continuous feedback loop running directly from live customer experiences all the way to requirements engineering. This demonstrates how well software delivery is performing and supporting the business itself.
To further reap the benefits of agile and DevOps, organisations must also leverage the responsiveness and flexibility offered by cloud, containers and other new code design and delivery architectures, with a seamless shift-left of all activities – such as continuous testing – and finer granularity of iteration across the whole of the software delivery and ops cycle. Shift-left activities accelerate time-to-market by involving testing earlier in a development cycle.
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Respondents in APJ also found it very difficult or challenging to find professionals who were familiar with agile methods (70%), had experience with DevOps (77%) and/or had collaborative cross-team working experience (70%). This clearly indicates a skills gap for the majority of organisations, which requires resources, especially training, to be made available.
The connection between agile, DevOps and business outcomes centres around a continuous feedback loop running directly from live customer experiences all the way to requirements engineering. This demonstrates how well software delivery is performing and supporting the business itself.
To further reap the benefits of agile and DevOps, organisations must also leverage the responsiveness and flexibility offered by cloud, containers and other new code design and delivery architectures, with a seamless shift-left of all activities – such as continuous testing – and finer granularity of iteration across the whole of the software delivery and ops cycle. Shift-left activities accelerate time-to-market by involving testing earlier in a development cycle.
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View the complete infographic, Do your app development processes need a checkup? (PDF)
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*The global online survey of 1,279 senior IT and business executives (575 in seven APJ countries including mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Australia) was sponsored by CA Technologies and conducted by industry analyst firm Freeform Dynamics. It was augmented by in-depth telephone interviews with key industry executives. For full survey methodology details, please see the report How Agile and DevOps enable digital readiness and transformation.
*The global online survey of 1,279 senior IT and business executives (575 in seven APJ countries including mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and Australia) was sponsored by CA Technologies and conducted by industry analyst firm Freeform Dynamics. It was augmented by in-depth telephone interviews with key industry executives. For full survey methodology details, please see the report How Agile and DevOps enable digital readiness and transformation.
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