Glossary of terms

Development and Operations (DevOps)

DevOps is the merger of development (Dev) and operations (Ops) teams that introduces an organizational approach to accelerate application development and ease maintenance of existing deployments. This approach fosters stronger relationships between Dev, Ops, and other stakeholders across the company, simplifying and controlling iterations through the adoption of best practices, automation, and the use of new tools. DevOps is not just a technology; it includes all aspects, from organizational structures to corporate culture, from processes to tools. The initial stages often include continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) practices, real-time monitoring, incident response systems, and shared platforms.

The adoption of DevOps is expanding rapidly. Factors contributing to this include enterprises’ investments in innovation, the use of software-as-a-service solutions, the adoption of microservice architecture and related development methodologies, and the increasing investment by CTOs and executives in collaborative and automated application development and operational processes.

DevOps implementation is based on six key principles

Customer-centered actions

The DevOps team continuously applies customer-centered activities to effectively invest in products and services.

Shared responsibility

The DevOps team ensures end-of-life productivity by increasing accountability and quality of the products developed.

Continuous improvement

The DevOps culture emphasizes continuous improvement to minimize waste, which consistently accelerates the improvement of products or services.

Automation of everything

Automation is a vital principle of DevOps and is implemented not only in software development, but also in the entire infrastructure.

Working as a team

In a DevOps culture, development, design, and testing are already defined and tasked with working as a single team with full collaboration.

Monitoring and testing everything

A DevOps team requires robust monitoring and testing procedures for all aspects of development and operations.

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