Get the deeper dive from the. HPE DevOps brochure. Continuous integration and testing. Build. Test. Continuous delivery
DevOps: Accelerate to the speed of business Four keys to starting your DevOps journey Application development and IT operations teams travel different roads with different points of view.
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These separate roads slow the delivery of new apps and features to customers.
“63% of respondents struggle to reduce release cycles, and this did not vary significantly across the roles of development, operations and management.” —451 Research 1
To accelerate delivery at the speed of business...
...these roads must converge.
Faster delivery leads to happier customers.
“The objective is to meet the demands of the end user with as little latency as possible. And that can lead to a return on investment.” —David Linthicum, Cloud Technology Partners 2
Four key steps to launching your DevOps journey
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Assess your DevOps strategy
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“What are we trying to achieve?”
Identify your DevOps business drivers and challenges Examine critical success factors and best practices Review critical DevOps areas that align with your business goals Identify priorities for short, midsize, and long-term projects
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Identify the DevOps maturity of your core dev and IT ops processes • Identify key stakeholders in business, development, QA, and operations • Determine communication plan for stakeholders • Understand the app development methodologies—Agile, waterfall, both—that are most important • Determine the IT processes that are most important
“How far along are we?”
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Adopt and implement change to improve velocity Pilot and roll out changes to accelerate delivery for: • Development and build automation • Testing • Installation and deployment • Monitoring and feedback
“Where can we change?”
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Measure progress and plan next improvement
Based on results and business metrics, update and adjust plans. • Identify results of improvements • Locate next opportunity to improve • Plan next phase
“What will our results look like?”
“Build new shared metrics that align with the business needs and impacts, but, more importantly, help people realize that they must work together.” —Gartner 3
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Drawing on years of experience as a trusted advisor, we cover the entire roadmap for your DevOps journey—from planning through operation.
Ready to begin your journey to DevOps?
Let’s get started: Unify app delivery and operations with HPE Software Professional Services Read what the experts are saying about DevOps Get the deeper dive from the HPE DevOps brochure 1. 451 Research, “2014 Q3 DevOps Study: IT Ops Can Thrive in a DevOps World,” March 2015. 2. David Linthicum, Cloud Technology Partners, “The Bright Future of Agile and DevOps,” February 2015. 3. Gartner, “Seven Steps to Start Your DevOps Initiative,” September 16, 2014. © Copyright 2014-2015 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP. 4AA5-6224ENW, November 2015, Rev. 2
