The document discusses the evolution and principles of DevOps within the context of Agile software development, emphasizing the need for collaboration between developers and operations. It outlines various frameworks and methodologies, the benefits of implementing DevOps, and the importance of continuous testing. The document also highlights challenges such as skill gaps and the necessity for a shift in mindset to improve efficiency and quality in software delivery.

1. DevOps 101
Christopher Livett

2. Introduction
|Understanding what Agile is
|How software is developed in an Agile environment
|Why there was a need for the DevOps movement
|How DevOps is achieved
|What DevOps means for QualiTest
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3. Agile Overview
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4. Principles of
Agile
|Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
|Working software over comprehensive documentation
|Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
|Responding to change over following a plan
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5. Frameworks and Methodologies
|Frameworks
|Scrum (1995)
|Lean (2003)
|Kanban (2007)
|Scrumban (2009)
|SAFe (2011)
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|Methodologies
|Pair Programming (1995)
|Extreme Programming (1999)
|Continuous Integration (1999)
|TDD (2002)
|BDD (2006)
|DevOps (2009)

6. Scrum
Framework
| Product Owner
| Scrum Master
| Dev Team
| Developers
| Testers
| Business Analysts
| Architects
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7. Development
Principles
|Short release cycles
|Feature driven
|Pair programming
|Test Driven Development
|“Just in time” design
|Flat management
|Simplicity and clarity
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8. What is missing?
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9. Issues with
Traditional
Agile
Development
|Short release cycles
| Focus on speed over quality
|Feature driven
| Focus on functionality, no NFRs
|“Just in time” design
| No detailed plans for post-development support
|Flat hierarchy
| Little enforced standards and governance
|Simplicity and clarity
| Minimum level of development
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10. Development to Production
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Day 1 - 9 Day 10

11. <- No trust ->
|Skills
|Software
|Development
|Automation
|Innovation
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|Skills
|Monitoring
|Analysis
|Management
|Responsibilities
|Coding
|Builds
|Deployments
|Testing
|Responsibilities
|Changes
|Servers
|Deployments
|Stability
Developers and Operations

12. Introducing DevOps
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13. What is
DevOps?
|Bridging the skill gap between developers and operations
|Operations being part of the team
|Change in mindset from building code to owning code
|Improving efficiency and quality by:
| Automating deployments
| Automating environment configuration
| Automating environment scaling
| Innovating solutions
| Improving development practices
|Improve relationships and cooperation across technology
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14. Evolution of DevOps
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15. DevOps in
Practice
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16. DevOps Tool
Belt
|Infrastructure
| AWS
| OpenStack
|Server monitoring
| Nagios
| New Relic
| Platform Virtualisation
| VMware
| Vagrant
|Log analysis
| ELK
| Logz.io
|Service discovery
| Consul.io
| Collaboration
| Atlassian
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|Test and Build
| Jenkins
| Bamboo
| Deployment
| Capistrano
|Containerisation
| LXC
| Docker
|Configuration management
| Chef
| Puppet
|Security
| Tripwire
| Veracode

17. Benefits of
DevOps
|Managed and consistent environments
|Improved collaboration between developers and operations
|Faster feedback of issues
|Less production issues
|Increased stability
|Greater accountability
|Increased throughput from idea to production
|Reduced server costs
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18. QualiTest and DevOps
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19. Increased
Testing
Concerns
|Continuous testing and monitoring across all stages
|Environment configuration testing
|Performance/Scalability testing
|Security testing
|Alpha/Beta testing
|Feature switch testing
|Risk-based testing
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20. Continuous Testing
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21. What
DevOps
means for
QAs
|Technical skills are vital
|Automate everything
|Continuous testing at all stages
|Greater focus on testing process
|Closer integration with developers and operations
|Educational role
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22. DevOps
opportunities
|Risk assessment
|Designing DevOps continuous testing processes
| Coverage
| Automation
| Types and tools
|Integrating development, testing and monitoring tools
|Non-functional testing
|Knowledge consultancy
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23. Summary
|DevOps is a natural evolution of the Agile process
|DevOps aims to achieve improved efficiency, quality and
stability
|Continuous testing and monitoring becomes top priority
|Mindset, skillset and experience required can be a challenge
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