Defining the digital operating demarcation model
The role and position of operations is changing; we saw that in the first section of this chapter. Besides new and evolving technology impacting operations, the most important reason for this is the shift from projects to product-oriented continuous delivery.
What do we mean by this? Most enterprises used to work in projects, typically waterfall type projects. There's a specific end date and the whole project is set out in a timeline with milestones. In DevOps, the focus is on the product: it starts with a Minimal Viable Product, and then the teams keep improving it in short sprints of 2 or 3 weeks.
At the end of the sprint, the product and the deliverables are reviewed. The developers and operations collaborate with these teams. In the traditional model, operations would get a final product and then decide how and when it would be released. The new operating model has to be more agile, adaptive, and embedded in DevOps....
