Agile and DevOps are fizzle theories that many organizations
are restive to employ, but there is often some confusion or overlap between the
two.
Only one business practice originated in software development,
though both are being applied to organizational functions beyond software development.They’re
not the same, but they’re not enemies.
Planning for Unplanned work:
Organizations
using Agile acknowledged that Scrum is used to track the planned work. Tasks
like releasing updated system, performing system upgrades etc, can be planned.
On the other hand, the operations like performance spikes, system expiry, and
standard security, can be unplanned. Such kind of tasks need immediate response.
Organizations embraced it so that they can track both the works.
Before, there were
priorities from multiple masters, but now a single set of priorities are in
use. Similarly, for a long list of assigned work, the time period is planned to
accomplish the work. These lightweight management practices by Scrum make a
huge difference for a team.
Speed vs Risk:
A sound
application structure and a solid foundation are mandatory to support the rapid
change for organizations using Agile with or without DevOps. Applications must
have good underlying framework that must be used constantly by the team
members.
In the DevOps
context, the teams must make sure that the changes which are made to the
architecture should not introduce any risk. Also, there should not be any
hidden side-effects associated with the changes, because the iterative process
consists of regular changes in the architecture. So you should be concerned
about the risks associated with each and every change made. Only with this type
of work will you get rapid delivery without any risk.
Agile and Quality:
Both Agile and
DevOps help develop an application fast, keeping sound structure and risk-free
application. But neither of them concentrates on the quality of the
product. Mostly, IT organizations rely on the ‘fail fast’ principle- “Early
failures cost less to fix”. But with this, only fast deployments can be
maintained, not quality.
Agile produces
applications that fit better with the desired requirements and can adapt
quickly to respond to the requirement changes made on time, during the project
life. DevOps, along with the automation and early bug removal, contributes to
creating better quality. Developers must follow Coding and Architectural best
practices to embed quality in the applications.
Agile and
DevOps should try reach the next level to become highly effective within the
organizations. They must conform to the industry standards using Agile and
DevOps practices, to allow the development team to improve quality, make
delivery faster and avoid software risks.
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