Future of DevOps:
What is DevOps?
DevOps is not a tool or a team, it is the process or a methodology of using various tools to solve the problems between Developers and Operations team, hence the term “Dev-Ops”
DevOps is the efficient development, deployment, testing and the operation of the highest quality software possible.
Before DevOps came into the limelight, our traditional ol’ IT had two separate teams in a organization — the Development team and the Operations team. The development team worked on the software, developing it and making sure that the code worked perfectly. After hours of handwork and a lot of trial and error, the team releases a code which has to be executed by the Operations team which is responsible for the release and operation of the code.
The operations team will be checking the application and its performance and reporting back any bugs, if present.
As simple and planned out as it may sound, the two major teams always had a conflict when it came to execution.
For instance, let us say, the development team developed a code using an i7 processor, 8GB RAM, OS as Ubuntu, and php 5.6 scripting language, where as the Operations team ran the same code using i5 processor, 16GB RAM, OS as Centos and php 7.0 programming language.
When the operations team ran the same code, it wouldn’t work.
The reason for this could be the difference in the system environment or any missing software library.
The operations team flagged this code as faulty, even though the problem could exist in their own system. This resulted in a lot of back and forth between the Developers and the Operations team.
To bridge this gap, Development(‘Dev’) team and Operations (‘Ops’) team collaborated giving rise to DevOps.
For example, to solve the above problem, the Development team encapsulated their code in a container which is a lightweight software environment.
This software environment had all all the required software encapsulated in it, which the code or the application will require to run as expected.
When the developers were done with their work, they would simply pass on this container along with the code to the operations team. The Ops will run this container, along with the code, and it worked as expected!
The main goals of DevOps are:
- Improving deployment frequency;
- Achieving faster time to market;
- Lowering the failure rate of new releases;
- Shortening lead time between fixes;
- Improving the meantime to recovery.
DevOps — Next five years
Where will DevOps be in 5 years?
Agile adoption
Whenever I ask this question, the first thing that comes to mind is the agile software community. The Agile Report was released in 2001, and 8 years later, in 2009, the term DevOps was coined. If you look at Google as a proxy for adopting trends, you can see that interest in DevOps is rising fast, but Agile still wins the race.
But Agile adoption (almost 20 years later) is still evenly distributed. The 2020 State Agile Report shows that 84% of companies still have a long way to go with Agile adoption.
Where will the DevOps be in 5 years?
Most companies will try to accept DevOps, but very few will continue to do it better. I think DevOps’ adoption rate will be faster than the adoption rate of Agile, as the choice of hyperscale cloud driving interest in DevOps. Adding AWS and Microsoft Azure to the trends, we can see explosive business growth in cloud technology. DevOps will proceed to ride these waves.
DevOps is now solidly on the agenda of every organization we speak of; accepting the need to change how IT services are delivered in that way has gone “beyond the gap” into the mainstream.
How will DevOps technology, forms, and practices evolve over the next five years?
Looking at DevOps for the first ten years, many of the DevOps programs are run from the Dev side (despite what was initially called “Agile infrastructure”).
It’s prevalent for patrons to tell us that they are “taking DevOps”, but you will find that they are not talking to anyone in Ops. This may be for the reason that Ops is outsourced to a larger GSI, but this is the title for a separate post. Those who lead the large-scale DevOps transformation program are often on the software development (Dev) team, not the Ops.
Event-driven automation is increasing and will be instrumental in making “everyday” automation more accessible to people with traditional apps.
All major cloud sellers invest a lot of money in AI & ML. It will radically change how we manage our environments and applications.
Over the next 5 years, the innovation of the “as-code” approach (such as infrastructure-code, configuration-code, etc.) will wear off and become the “norm”. It will be driven by the massive benefits it brings from a governance and compliance perspective, so internal governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) groups will begin to ask why these techniques are not being used.
“DevOps Sucks” Wave
Over the next 5 years, we will inevitably see “DevOps Sucks” or “DevOps is Dead” making contradictory views rounds because Paradox is the best click pad, and we will learn a lot more about how to achieve an intense DevOps transformation.
If you go to 2018, Gardner has already predicted that 75% of “DevOps forces will decline to reach expectations due to concerns surrounding organizational learning and transformation”.
Change is hard, right. Not only is there a DevOps change, but there is also still a lot to learn about how to make any organizational change effectively. You can start by reading this blog post to increase your chances of success.
So, in a nutshell:
Will the next five years be radically different from the last five years?
No, it crossed the gap and went to the mainstream.
Where will the invention of DevOps come from in the next five years?
It will be about Ops.
Will DevOps fade in 5 years?
No, in the same way, the 8-year-old senior sibling agile has not.
Can anyone find a measured DevOps structure that promises DevOps growth?
Yes, of course, experts should make money, but it would be an over-recommended pile. That’s why our DevOps Framework (Adaptive ID Framework) is more obviously a building block and the recommended formula).
So what are you waiting for? Start learning DevOps and make your new transformation.
The prerequisites to learn DevOps:
- You should have a knowledge of coding (beginners level will do) (languages like Java, Python and Perl)
- Knowledge of Linux and its commands.
- Knowledge about automation, automation pipelines, and automation process.
- Knowledge of different Operating Systems.
- If you know about AWS and Azure it would be an added advantage.
- Apart from all this, effective communication skills and analytical knowledge is a must