Prioritizing DevOps Implementation Guidelines for Sustainable Software Projects
The DevOps paradigm is increasingly being adopted in the software industry. To achieve sustainable DevOps adoption, organizations need to transform their culture, embrace automation, implement measurement practices, and foster sharing of knowledge and information (referred to as CAMS). Implementing...
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| description | The DevOps paradigm is increasingly being adopted in the software industry. To achieve sustainable DevOps adoption, organizations need to transform their culture, embrace automation, implement measurement practices, and foster sharing of knowledge and information (referred to as CAMS). Implementing DevOps principles can be complex for software organizations. However, sustainable DevOps implementation can lead to the development of high-quality projects with a favorable return on investment. This evidence-based study aims to explore the guidelines for sustainable DevOps implementation as reported in both the literature and industry practices. By conducting a systematic literature review and questionnaire survey, we identified 48 guidelines for sustainable DevOps implementation. Furthermore, we developed a decision-making framework to assist practitioners in prioritizing these guidelines. The results indicate that culture, among the CAMS aspects, is the most crucial principle for sustainable DevOps implementation. The highest priority guidelines for sustainable DevOps implementation include: (i) fostering a collaborative culture with shared goals, (ii) assessing the organization’s readiness for a microservices architecture, and (iii) educating executives about the benefits of DevOps to gain resource and budget support. We believe that this comprehensive study will aid practitioners in understanding the core principles and guidelines for sustainable DevOps implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b56c867830f741ecb8cfefa93d47934a2025-01-31T23:04:26ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-0112711097113010.1109/ACCESS.2024.340283210534766Prioritizing DevOps Implementation Guidelines for Sustainable Software ProjectsMuhammad Zohaib0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7478-5671Ahmed Alsanad1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1702-8643Areej Abdullah Alhogail2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0573-0427Software Engineering Department, Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, Lappeenranta, FinlandDepartment of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, STCs Artificial Intelligence Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, STCs Artificial Intelligence Chair, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaThe DevOps paradigm is increasingly being adopted in the software industry. To achieve sustainable DevOps adoption, organizations need to transform their culture, embrace automation, implement measurement practices, and foster sharing of knowledge and information (referred to as CAMS). Implementing DevOps principles can be complex for software organizations. However, sustainable DevOps implementation can lead to the development of high-quality projects with a favorable return on investment. This evidence-based study aims to explore the guidelines for sustainable DevOps implementation as reported in both the literature and industry practices. By conducting a systematic literature review and questionnaire survey, we identified 48 guidelines for sustainable DevOps implementation. Furthermore, we developed a decision-making framework to assist practitioners in prioritizing these guidelines. The results indicate that culture, among the CAMS aspects, is the most crucial principle for sustainable DevOps implementation. The highest priority guidelines for sustainable DevOps implementation include: (i) fostering a collaborative culture with shared goals, (ii) assessing the organization’s readiness for a microservices architecture, and (iii) educating executives about the benefits of DevOps to gain resource and budget support. We believe that this comprehensive study will aid practitioners in understanding the core principles and guidelines for sustainable DevOps implementation.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10534766/CAMSDevOpsguidelinessystematic literature reviewprioritization |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Zohaib Ahmed Alsanad Areej Abdullah Alhogail Prioritizing DevOps Implementation Guidelines for Sustainable Software Projects IEEE Access CAMS DevOps guidelines systematic literature review prioritization |
| title | Prioritizing DevOps Implementation Guidelines for Sustainable Software Projects |
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