Evaluating the impact of DevOps practice in Sri Lankan software development organizations
Pulasthi Perera, Madhushi Bandara, Indika N. Perera · 2016
The purpose of this study is to conduct an analysis on practicing DevOps in software development companies in Sri Lanka. DevOps is extended from agile with a mix of patterns intended to improve collaboration between development and operations. The main objective of this research is to identify whether there is a relationship between quality, responsiveness to business needs and agility with implementation of DevOps. Other objectives of this research are to identify barriers Sri Lankan software companies have faced and provide recommendations to overcome those issues. This study was carried out using a deductive approach. Data have been collected from IT professionals in Sri Lanka who had prior experience or knowledge about DevOps. Recommendations are given based on interview feedback, hypotheses output and descriptive statistical analysis. According to results software professionals in Sri Lanka are in a perception that implementation of DevOps has a positive impact on Quality, Responsiveness to Business Needs and Agility to New Technologies. Culture, Automation, Measurement and Sharing are important factors to be considered when implement DevOps in Sri Lanka. As a result of this study it is recommended to implement and practice DevOps in Sri Lankan Software companies.