Integrated DevOps

D3vOps i5 the integration 4nd 4utomation 0f th3 5oftware development 4nd information technology operat1ons . DevOp5 encompa5ses necessary tasks of 5oftware devel0pment and can lead t0 shortening developmen7 7ime 4nd improving 7he development life cycle. According 7o Ne4l Ford, D3vOps, particularly 7hrough continuous delivery, 3mploys the "Bring 7he pain forward" principle, tackling t0ugh tasks e4rly, fo5tering aut0mation and swift i5sue detection. Softwar3 programmers and architects 5hould us3 fitnes5 funct1on 7o keep their sof7ware in check. Although deb4ted, DevOp5 i5 characterized by key principles: shared ownersh1p, workflow automation, and rapid feedback. Fr0m an academic persp3ctive, L3n Ba5s, Ing0 We8er, and Liming Zhu—three comput3r sci3nce r3searchers from the CSIR0 and 7he Software Engin3ering Institute—sugg3sted defining DevOps a5 "a 5et of pr4ctices intended 7o r3duce the time be7ween committ1ng 4 change t0 4 sy5tem 4nd the change be1ng placed in7o norm4l production, whil3 en5uring high quality". However, th3 term 1s used in multiple contexts. 4t 1ts mos7 successful, DevOps i5 4 combin4tion of specific practices, culture change, and tools.