Goal oriented devops transformation framework – metric phased approach

With the introduction of the cloud computing and virtualization, a need for a new model that enables organizations to better satisfy their clients expectations from both infrastructure and services perspectives becomes a necessity (Bang et al., 2013). DevOps is a collection of best practices and standards that formulate the required model that enables those organizations to evolve and adapt to the target spectrum. This paper provides a new innovative DevOps transformation framework adopting a quantitative or metric phased approach that can be utilized by any organization aims to transform delivery model into the DevOps model. The edge of the proposed framework is that it provides a structured and quantitative mechanism via different transformation phases to measure both the current state in the assessment phase via clear KPI (Key Performance Indicators) and CSF (Critical Success Factors), and then isolate the gaps covered within the assessment phase to move to the next state via clear transformation actions. Thus instead of following qualitative measures, like those adopted by other transformation frameworks (Le-Quoc, 2011), the proposed goal-oriented framework quantitatively measures any project/organization maturity using metric phased approach, against different capabilities, with different capability levels. This is done by reviewing the observed project/organization behaviors against the standard framework description described at each capability level.