In this posting we briefly explore why both you and your organization should consider adopting a Disciplined DevOps mindset. For yourself as an individual there are several interesting benefits. First, you become more productive as an IT professional, increasing your chance at promotion and making you more attractive in the marketplace. Second, you are in a position where you can focus on interesting, value-added work, which should lead to greater job satisfaction for you. Third, much of the dysfunctional politics exhibited in traditional IT organizations is effectively squeezed out as you move to a Disciplined DevOps mindset, making your work environment a more enjoyable place to be.
There are many reasons why your organization should consider adopting a Disciplined DevOps mindset. The following table summarizes the potential benefits and how they are achieved:
| Benefit | Source |
| Decreased time to market |
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| Decreased cost to deploy |
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| Improved mean time between deployments |
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| Improved quality |
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| Improved market competitiveness |
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| Improved decision-making |
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As always, we welcome any feedback that you may have.
4 comments on “Why Disciplined DevOps?”
Valentin Tudor Mocanu
April 9, 2015 at 2:40 amDevOps it about “integration” between development and enterprise operations concerns. That mean will need an Agile development process that could map the scaling concerns related to enterprise and could deal with this complexity. That is somehow a part of DAD definition.
Scott Ambler
April 9, 2015 at 9:10 amYes, that’s a good way of looking at it. Disciplined DevOps is about the integration of enterprise development and enterprise operations. This is why we need to look beyond software development and include activities such as data management, enterprise architecture, release management and others when we think about streamlining development and operations.
Marc Godin
January 5, 2018 at 4:12 pmAre there any certification for someone who wants to be certified in Devops ?
Scott Ambler
January 6, 2018 at 9:04 amMarc, at the present moment we are not certifying people in Disciplined DevOps.