Implement DevOps Practices That Work
Streamline business value delivery through the strategic adoption of DevOps practices.
- In today’s world, business agility is essential to stay competitive. Quick responses to business needs through efficient development and deployment practices are critical for business value delivery.
- Organizations are looking to DevOps as an approach to rapidly deliver changes, but they often lack the foundations to use DevOps effectively.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
Even in a highly tool-centric view, it is the appreciation of DevOps core principles that will determine your success in implementing its practices.
Impact and Result
- Understand the basics of DevOps-related improvements.
- Assess the health and conduciveness of software delivery process through Info-Tech Research Group’s MATURE framework.
Implement DevOps Practices That Work
Start here – read the Executive Brief
Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should implement DevOps, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.
1. Examine your current state
Understand the current state of your software delivery process and categorize existing challenges in it.
2. MATURE your delivery lifecycle
Brainstorm solutions using Info-Tech Research Group’s MATURE framework.
3. Choose the right metrics and tools for your needs
Identify metrics that are insightful and valuable. Determine tools that can help with DevOps practices implementation.
4. Select horizons for improvement
Lay out a schedule for enhancements for your software process to make it ready for DevOps.
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
9.3/10
Overall Impact
$24,489
Average $ Saved
12
Average Days Saved
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Sharonview Federal Credit Union
Workshop
9/10
$1,239
20
Rotary International
Workshop
8/10
$30,999
16
Stratascale
Guided Implementation
10/10
$3,719
2
National Archives and Records Administration
Workshop
10/10
$61,999
10
Columbia Mutual Insurance Company
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Apogee Enterprises, Inc
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
N/A
The University Of Manchester
Guided Implementation
10/10
$6,858
10
Cross Country Mortgage, Inc.
Guided Implementation
10/10
$17,979
6
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Workshop
10/10
$50,000
50
Statistics Canada
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Christie?s Inc.
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Computershare Loan Services
Guided Implementation
10/10
$125K
55
The Allstate Corporation
Workshop
9/10
$123K
20
State of Ohio - Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities
Guided Implementation
2/10
N/A
N/A
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Workshop
8/10
N/A
N/A
Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
Guided Implementation
1/10
N/A
N/A
Barry-Wehmiller
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
City Of Mesa
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Apega
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Statistics New Zealand
Guided Implementation
8/10
N/A
N/A
Government Employees Health Association Inc
Guided Implementation
10/10
$31,833
20
University Of Regina
Guided Implementation
9/10
$25,000
10
Hamilton Health Sciences
Guided Implementation
1/10
N/A
N/A
Sherritt International Corporation
Guided Implementation
7/10
N/A
N/A
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Guided Implementation
7/10
$8,000
2
Onsite Workshop: Implement DevOps Practices That Work
Onsite workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Examine Your Current State
The Purpose
Set the context for improvement.
Key Benefits Achieved
Provide a great foundation for an actionable vision and goals that people can align to.
Activities
Outputs
Review the outcome of the DevOps Readiness Survey.
- Baseline assessment of the organization’s readiness for introducing DevOps principles in its delivery process
Articulate the current-state delivery process.
Categorize existing challenges using PEAS.
- A categorized list of challenges currently evident in the delivery process
Module 2: MATURE Your Delivery Lifecycle
The Purpose
Brainstorm solutions using the MATURE framework.
Key Benefits Achieved
Collaborative list of solutions to challenges that are restricting/may restrict adoption of DevOps in your organization.
Activities
Outputs
Brainstorm solutions for identified challenges.
- A list of solutions that will enhance the current delivery process into one which is influenced by DevOps principles
Understand different DevOps topologies within the context of strong communication and collaboration.
- (Optional) Identify a team topology that works for your organization.
Module 3: Choose the Right Metrics and Tools for Your Needs
The Purpose
Select metrics and tools for your DevOps-inspired delivery pipeline.
Key Benefits Achieved
Enable your team to select the right metrics and tool chain that support the implementation of DevOps practices.
Activities
Outputs
Identify metrics that are sensible and provide meaningful insights into your organization’s DevOps transition.
- A list of metrics that will assist in measuring the progress of your organization’s DevOps transition
Determine the set of tools that satisfy enterprise standards and can be used to implement DevOps practices.
- A list of tools that meet enterprise standards and enhance delivery processes
(Optional) Assess DevOps pipeline maturity.
Module 4: Define Your Release, Communication, and Next Steps
The Purpose
Build a plan laying out the work needed to be done for implementing the necessary changes to your organization.
Key Benefits Achieved
Roadmap of steps to take in the coming future.
Activities
Outputs
Create a roadmap for future-state delivery process.
- Roadmap for future-state delivery process