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Top 3 Takeaways from the State of DevOps 2019 Report

Here's what the numbers tell us

The 2019 Accelerate State of DevOps report was published last week. This report is produced by DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team, which recently joined Google Cloud. They have collected data for over 6 years and surveyed over 31,000 professionals to gain insight into industry practices and associated business outcomes.

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This is such an exciting report for us to read-not just because our product serves DevOps engineers, but because we ourselves are DevOps practitioners and love to see the detailed research and how we compare to our peers. There's a lot to process in this report, but here are some of the things we found most interesting.

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Mutual Interdependence: The New Normal

DevOps is a culture, not a process or a tool. It's a way of structuring teams and thinking about projects so organizations can ship faster and more often. DevOps asks organizations: "What does 'ready' mean?" Ready used to mean a complete product, perfect, ready to ship. Now, smaller teams using DevOps methodologies are shipping smaller releases more frequently, and they're comfortable with the fact that those releases may not be perfect and may require updates. Let's take a look at the ramifications of this cultural shift, and how it changes the way teams approach their role and processes.

Moving Fast, Trying Not to Break Things

As customers, we hope someone has made the app we need so that it's ready the moment we realize our need. The speed and Agile delivery of software have changed our expectations about how often releases and updates happen, and we want them to happen even faster. How are organizations speeding up their development process while releasing more often, faster, and avoiding the inherent risks involved?