DevOps can benefit a company's product lifecycle, its competitive advantage, and its ability to more quickly meet customer needs.
Reduced Deployment Time
Trend #4: DevOps will dramatically reduce the time to deploy a feature to production.
This trend is already happening, as product methodologies transition from traditional waterfall to more agile ways of working. As this transformation occurs, so too will systems be more risk tolerant. Any changes are less likely to negatively impact the entire system – and time to production will be reduced to mere minutes, rather than days or weeks.
TIP: Companies should start with measuring how long it takes to deliver a bug fix or a feature to production, and monitor this on a weekly basis. This is a clear metric that can help monitor DevOps success.