“DevOps” continues to be the buzzword across technology departments in financial institutions. It means different things to different people, regularly including automation, change management, deployment, continuous delivery, culture change. Essentially, an “easy” fix where Development and Operations collaborate to save cost, improve productivity, and lower risk.
In practice, success rates in the DevOps transformation journey vary dramatically across the industry. Delivery managers tasked with scaling an organization’s capabilities have faced challenges in cultural resistance, disparate tooling, complex procedural changes, deep-rooted silos, and conflicting advice/recommendations across the industry.