Azure DevOps

• https://dev.azure.com

Tools

• Overview
• Boards
• Repos
• Pipelines
• Test Plans
• Artifacts

What is DevOps

• Union of people, process and products
• OODA Cycle: observe–orient–decide–act
• Aim to make delivery cycle shorter!
• Greenfield vs. Brownfield projects
• Greenfield (new) projects are easier to move to devops
• Brownfield (existing) projects are more complex for devops to be implemented

Metrics and KPIs

• Faster outcomes: deployment frequency, speed, size and lead time
• Efficiency

Agile development

• Waterfall approach
• Older methodology
• Longer development cycle.
• Difficult to receive feedbacks from the client
• Agile approach
• Quick response and shorter development cycle.
• Based on releases and interactions
• Horizontal teams: squads