{"id":5184,"date":"2020-10-05T11:06:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T11:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kovair.com\/blog\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2025-11-11T11:49:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:49:03","slug":"will-devops-replace-agile-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kovair.com\/blogs\/will-devops-replace-agile-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Will DevOps Replace Agile Development?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DevOps\"<\/p>\n

DevOps and Agile are both meant to increase the time to market so that there are more frequent releases and more revenue generation. However, that\u2019s pretty much the only thing that\u2019s common between the two methodologies. Hence, the debate about which is better and why.<\/p>\n

With the emerging trend of DevOps consulting companies, we need to understand what both these terms actually mean before we dig into their differences and find out whether DevOps will replace Agile at all.\u00a0So, here\u2019s a concise understanding of Agile and DevOps before you opt for DevOps consulting services.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What is Agile?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Agile practices aim to understand requirements and deliver solutions through collaborative efforts of cross-functional teams and the end-user. The Agile methodology promotes adaptive planning and evolutionary development for early delivery and continuous improvement.<\/p>\n

But most importantly, Agile development inspires to be more receptive of change. In order to better understand what Agile stands for, we need to go through the twelve principles that The Manifesto for Agile Software Development is based on.<\/p>\n

These twelve principles are:<\/h3>\n
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  1. Early and continuous delivery of software for customer satisfaction<\/li>\n
  2. Welcome changes in requirements at any stage<\/li>\n
  3. Frequent delivery of working software<\/li>\n
  4. Improved coordination between developers and business teams<\/li>\n
  5. Building projects around trusted, motivated individuals<\/li>\n
  6. Adopting co-location for face-to-face conversations instead of digital communication<\/li>\n
  7. The working software is the metric for progress<\/li>\n
  8. The constant pace of sustainable development<\/li>\n
  9. Providing constant attention to both technical and design excellence<\/li>\n
  10. Eliminating the unnecessary work to simplifying the process<\/li>\n
  11. Self-organization for building the best architectures and designs<\/li>\n
  12. Reflecting on how to be more effective and improve accordingly<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These principles cover the entirety of what Agile is meant to be and now that we\u2019ve understood that, let\u2019s briefly go through what DevOps is.<\/p>\n

    What is DevOps?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    DevOps practices combine software development (Dev) and IT operations (Ops) to improve collaboration between the two. It is adopted to lessen the duration of the system development cycle to provide continuous delivery without compromising on quality.<\/p>\n

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    DevOps can be implemented across the entire delivery pipeline to achieve the desired results which may include:<\/p>\n