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DevOps Best Practices in Highly Regulated Industry

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Proceedings of Seventh International Congress on Information and Communication Technology

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems ((LNNS,volume 447))

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DevOps has an important role in supporting critical decisions in software and systems development in highly regulated industry. To determine best practice, I have reviewed industry papers, standards, and comments of implementers. A systematic review of key reports on DevOps was conducted. Surveys conducted by a number of organizations with over 277,000 respondents are considered here. Key questions posed are how is DevOps perceived by industry, what are the key benefits from an industrial perspective, and what practices contribute to success. Results of this analysis show that while commonly accepted commercial reports make interesting reading; they are not sufficient to base critical decision in highly regulated industry. Furthermore, standards are required to establish confidence in process and product. This paper provides insights and guidance for software and systems development with DevOps practices in a highly regulated environment. I present the need for consistent quality to be encapsulated through industry standards.

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Acknowledgements

This paper and the research behind it would not have been possible without the exceptional support of the IEEE 2675 DevOps working group members. Special thanks to Hasan Yasar for providing access to raw data and Sarah Baker for discussions on Summa de Summae.

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    Ruth G. Lennon

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  3. JIS University, Kolkata, India

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Lennon, R.G. (2023). DevOps Best Practices in Highly Regulated Industry. In: Yang, XS., Sherratt, S., Dey, N., Joshi, A. (eds) Proceedings of Seventh International Congress on Information and Communication Technology. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 447. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1607-6_51

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