Devops Adoption in Information Systems Projects; A Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

The word DevOps derives from two different words Development and Operations. DevOps has recorded as an interesting and novel approach adopted to the commonly used Agile software development methodology. It raised agility of the software development process. Practical issues of Agile methodology emphasize the requirement for collaboration of software development and operating teams. This collaboration completed by the DevOps approach engages with the Agile methodology to improve the quality, performance, and speed of the software developments. Since DevOps is an accentuating approach in the software development industry, this research aimed to conduct a literature review to study the evolution of the DevOps approach and its adoption in information systems projects. This target has accomplished by reviewing the Agile methodology, issues of the Agile methodology, DevOps approach, challenges and overcoming strategies of DevOps, and success factors of the DevOps approach. Finally, the paper provides better acquaintance about the DevOps adoption in Information System projects developments.

Tools for monitoring software quality in information systems development and maintenance: five key challenges and a design proposal

“…Software quality has been a long-time concern in IT management, and organizations invest considerable resources in ensuring software quality during software development, maintenance, and evolution [5,14,15]. Poor software quality can have devastating consequences for multiple stakeholders, including user dissatisfaction, economic losses, and longterm repercussions on a company's reputation [16,17,18].…”

“…As software systems grow in number and complexity, manual software quality assessment becomes progressively more demanding. Moreover, it is notoriously difficult to balance speed and quality in software development [15]. For instance, if software developer teams feel obliged to deliver demonstrable results in a short timeframe, they can be tempted to employ less rigorous software quality assessments, resulting in a pileup of quality-related challenges later on [28].…”

Critical success factors for DevOps adoption in information systems development

“…Adopting DevOps in Information System Development projects provides such benefits as same as it brings challenges [13], [22], [32]. Removing the gap between software developers and the operating team changes the organizational culture [22], [18].…”

“…However, this DevOps approach has attracted the attention of software development companies in recent years since it delivers more advantages to them. DevOps confirms the faster development, quality assurance, and easy maintenance of the information systems, dropping the challenges created by the Agile software development methodology [11], [13], [14]. Moreover, it enables software development companies to take faster feedback from customers, reduce deployment costs, and mainly reduce the risk of software failures [15], [16], [17].…”

Development of an Alignment Model for the Implementation of DevOps in SMEs: An Exploratory Study

“…Plenty of research has been done on the DevOps success factor and CI/CD pipeline in Sri Lanka. For instance, Jayakody and Wijayanayake [3] conducted research that identified important success variables that might lead to this objective's achievement. The crucial success elements are responsible for achieving ongoing, validated, substantial, and quantifiable success in IS development.…”