Breaking down barriers

Nowadays, with a quick search on the internet, you will find many industry analysts and other commentators who will agree that DevOps has become the table stakes to effectively compete in our modern digital economy (Dietrich, 2019). Those organizations that master the integration and automation of tools of activities across the IT value streams of development and operations have orders of magnitude better velocity in software delivery and better quality and efficiency.

Just as Lean practices transformed the competitive landscape in manufacturing and other services-based companies, DevOps has similarly transformed the IT industry. Specifically, DevOps pipelines implement a software development strategy that is equivalent to the Lean production flow concepts in manufacturing and other industries. As a result, those organizations that effectively implement DevOps pipelines have significant competitive advantages when responding to new market opportunities, evolving...