
Dev-Ops is a methodology aimed to speed-up application development and release aimed at promoting
- fast development methodologies – Development teams
- fast quality assurance methodologies – QA teams
- fast deployment methodologies – System Operators teams
- iteration and continuous feedback – Project Management teams
The aim is to achieve a faster time to market.
DevOps inherits Agile methods such as SCRUM Project Management, but it is more focused on the tools necessary to achieve the goal. It is also possible to involve the Security delegating some rights to the other teams: this approach is called DevSecOps.
These tools Devops brings with it were previously confined into the development field only, such as Source Code Management tools like GIT, branching models such as GitFlow, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery tools such as Jenkins or Drone, schedulers such ad dKron, scanners for code quality and compliance such as SonarQube.
This means that professional of every fields, even system engineers and administrators, should have an understanding of these tools and models.