Challenges Of Implementing DevOps In Traditional R&D Settings
DevOps.com, Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
Firms considering transitioning from traditional research & development (R&D) environments to DevOps must consider implementation challenges. Otherwise, they risk failure - the repercussions of which are far-reaching. What challenges should they expect? More importantly, what should they do to prepare?
Implementation Challenges Facing DevOps Teams
Although operations and development teams work toward the same goal, their roles have been fundamentally different for years. Information technology (IT) teams usually fear becoming nothing more than a safety net for inexperienced developers. Organizations often fail to adopt DevOps because they proceed without consideration for this cultural resistance to change.
Combining varying specializations to reduce silos and streamline communications is easier said than done. For one, professionals will be hesitant to take the lead since their behavior now reflects on the performance of two teams instead of one. Moreover, cross-functionality may disproportionately increase workloads, causing unintended friction and persistent rigidity.