BizDevOps in a nutshell
Many organisations claim to be data-centric and data-driven. Making informed decisions based on what their organisation’s data is telling them. But how many organisations can truly say they have an effective and operational Data Management framework in place? The good news is that it is relatively easy to remove the toil and burden with automation and implementing a Data Model program to improve the accuracy and quality of the underlying data. But as always, there are wider benefits that make this even more important for organisations to build into their data management process.
Apart from setting a solid foundation in a Data Governance program, there’s a neat benefit for the business too. That is building flexibility, or future proofing, a mission critical or business critical application. Over time, the needs of the business change, business processes change, they evolve. Sometimes, even ‘The Business’ may not fully appreciate the full set of requirements at the point of inception. That’s where an Agile software delivery system has had a major impact.
In the world of DevOps and Agile Software Delivery, the database is the most rigid and inflexible part of the application and the one technology that needs the most future proofing. This rigidity is a major factor for applications not evolving over time as the business requirements change.
With this lens, implementing a Data Model program for application development is even more important for maximising business outcomes through the life of an application, whether be it mission critical, business critical, or otherwise. What’s more, the typical ‘cost of change’ after release is typically 100x or 1000x the cost of a change in design.
DevOps has had a tremendous impact as a process model, managing ..
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