DevOps is a project management strategy beyond normal Agile development that focuses on operations and developers working together throughout the entire project life cycle and beyond. According to research by Garner, this DevOps will evolve to be a mainstream strategy of 25% of Global 2000 Organizations. Evolving to this project management method will provide companies many benefits, including "Results and outcomes driven, quicker delivery, smarter more collaborative methodology, end-to-end capabilities and cross-silo functionality." Adaption of DevOps strategies are especially important to the multisourcing sectors of the industry since it requires companies to work extremely closely with their outside partners while implementing these strategies.
This article is an interesting extension of what we have been discussing in class regarding Agile development. Changing from traditional development to Agile seems challenging enough, and to extend that to multisourcing companies can exponentially increase the potential issues with implementing these strategies. However, a company that is able to successfully participate and work with other companies in implementing DevOps strategies will have an incredible advantage within their industry.
Very few companies these days work entirely independently within the industry. As we learn more about Agile project management I think it is important to keep this in mind and I hope that as an MIS professional I will be able to apply what I learn in this class not only to single project management teams but also to multisourcing development. Having such a mindset is not just a benefit, it is becoming the standard to compete in the rapidly changing industry.
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http://www.projectaccelerator.co.uk/devops-the-biggest-challenge-for-the-multisourcing-sector-in-the-next-24-months-is-also-its-biggest-opportunity-for-growth/4705
Gartner Says By 2016, DevOps Will Evolve From a Niche to a Mainstream Strategy Employed by 25 Percent of Global 2000 Organizations
I read this articles, too. Great links. It refers to the survey that Nicole was involved in developing. Thanks for the links. People notice when Gartner makes predictions.
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