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The famous depiction of Dev throwing work over the wall to Ops is etched in the minds of earlyDevOpsadopters.
It showcased the need for merging Dev and Ops teams into unified DevOps teams to collaborate better for high-speedapplicationreleases.
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Thus, creation of unified DevOps teams took a backseat.
Multiple agile sprint cycles were then clubbed to form a final release.
Such high-speed applications now have to take notice of the frequent Dev-to-Ops handover challenges to support the newer releases.
This increasing frequency of tool releases has made a strong case for unified DevOps teams.
Associate Vice President and Head of DevOps COE at Infosys Limited.
There are some key considerations for forming successful unified DevOps teams.
Thirdly, just forming one team by combining Dev and Ops wont result in a team of DevOps professionals.
Both Dev and Ops require cross-skilling through a very structured training approach.
It is not just a simple objective to teach a developer how to perform operations tasks and vice versa.
Developers will also need comprehensive training on support processes, SLAs, issue analysis, and troubleshooting.
Most importantly, they need a broader domain and system knowledge to locate and resolve issues rightly.
For example, L3 support staff can probably pick up coding very quickly and start contributing to user stories.
Where do they start first?
Or is it the Ops members who take the lead?
People transformation has always been a very subjective topic and does not come with a predefined formula for success.
Forming unified DevOps teams is much easier said than done.
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