Across the software testing industry today, everyone has started to agree that continuous testing is necessary for keeping pace with Agile and DevOps. What’s not as clear, however, is exactly what continuous testing involves. Wikpedia defines continuous testing as the process of executing automated tests as part of the software delivery pipeline to obtain immediate feedback on the […]
The Elusive Definition of DevOps
How do you define DevOps? If you went out and asked IT professionals at other organizations, could you guarantee their answer would be the same? In most cases, the answer to this question is no. DevOps, despite its growing popularity, still lacks a widely agreed-upon definition. There are a few fundamental principles that appear consistently […]
Defining DevOps: Not Theory, nor Implementation
Ask a dozen engineers, developers, testers or their managers what their definition of DevOps is and you will get likely very different answers from each of them. Some may say it’s primarily about culture, others may say it’s about accelerating or automating the release of software and infrastructure changes and some may use the mantra, […]
Trick Question: What is DevOps?
DevOps suffers from the lack of a clearly defined definition. A Google search displays results that state that DevOps is empathy, culture or a movement. There are also derivations of DevOps, such as ChatOps and HugOps. A lot of speakers mention DEVOPS but no-one seemed to have a widely agreed definition of what DEVOPS actually […]
DevOps: What It is and How to Cook It
What is DevOps? DevOps is a funny concept.I have spent the last few months trying to find an accurate explanation of what it is, reading books, articles and participating in discussions which led me to the following personal definition: DevOps is a set of processes which aims to enhance the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) of […]
Can you appreciate DevOps, if you can’t exactly say what it is?
I recently had a conversation with some SOX IT auditors and was asked what I meant when I said we were a DevOps shop. I stumbled a little, torn somewhere between an overly simplistic answer and a desire to baptize the unholy. I started by talking about collaboration between the developers and the admins. Mentioning […]