DevOps as a Service

DevOps as a Service (DaaS) is a delivery model for a set of tools that facilitates collaboration between an organization's software development team and the operations team. In this delivery model, the DevOps as a Service provider collects the disparate tools that cover various aspects of the overall process and connects these tools to work together as one unit. DevOps as a Service is the opposite of a best of breed toolchain approach, in which the DevOps team uses a disconnected collection of discrete tools.

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The aim of DevOps as a Service is to ensure that every action carried out in the delivery of software can be tracked, with the DevOps as a Service system helping to ensure that the organization achieves desired outcomes and successfully follows strategies such as continuous delivery (CD) and continuous integration (CI) to deliver business value. DevOps as a Service also provides feedback to the developer group when a problem is identified in the production environment. 

The DevOps as a Service approach hides the complexities of data and information flow management up and down the toolchain. The various individuals and teams involved with the DevOps process can use intuitive interfaces to call on the aspects of the tooling they require, without having to understand how the entire toolchain works. For example, using the same DevOps as a Service offering, a developer can call upon source code management (SCM) tools, a tester can check application performance management (APM) tools and the IT operations team can make changes with configuration management tools. This allows the team to monitor and report on activities that occur in the toolchain.

By integrating chosen elements of DevOps tooling into a single overarching system, DevOps as a Service offerings aim to improve collaboration, monitoring, management and reporting. An effective DevOps as a Service strategy will enable the business to adopt a more flexible approach to its markets, bringing forth new products and services as the market changes. DevOps and DevOps as a Service can co-exist with traditional development and deployment processes.