DevOps for startup: get a Superpower with DevOps as a service

I want to start with stating my strong belief that DevOps is one of the most powerful and effective tools to eliminate the barriers between team members responsible for the software development. It is your steady partner that helps to shorten SDLC, to save workflow time and to be in a line with business goals. And now let’s move to next questions:

What is DevOps? And how startups can benefit?

DevOps is a number of practices that effectively connects the Development and Operations process aimed to make the product delivery process faster and more efficient. The engineers are involved in each stage of the project development starting from design to the clients’ support. Every business can enjoy real benefits of DevOps implementation and startups especially. Why?

If we are talking about startups, you have a unique opportunity to start DevOps from the very initial stage. It is much easier than doing it later. In other words, in case you want your startup to be successful and effective make a choice on the benefit of DevOps. Surely, I know that budgets are usually limited, but it’s better to prioritize the essential expenses. Believe me, DevOps costs really worth it for future successful projects!

Which way to choose?

You have two options for implementing DevOps: to use your own team or give it to the outsource technical team. Here I want to tell you about the working process with outsource DevOps services. Having splendid experience in DevOps development from scratch as well as cloud scaling project management and support in Dinarys company, I want to share how we usually work with our clients.

The process initial stage can differ depending on type of the company requested the service:

• Small company or startup — we start the process at once or at the stage of MVP production launch
• Small outsource companies — at the stage of new projects start and for continuous support of their infrastructure and the project production
• Big companies — we may need more time to start facing legacy issues or necessity for building new project scope

Our team also takes care of regular interaction with the client that helps us to reach the most successful results.

Answering the frequent question “How do I benefit from DevOps outsource?”

• Team expertise meaning that the professional knowledge of each specialist fills up a general team knowledge base that helps to solve unusual and unique tasks.
• Experience in working with different projects enabling implementation of appropriate solutions in a quicker manner.
• The payment is made only for the fulfilled tasks.

And, finally let’s see the main benefits you can receive choosing DevOps:

• Less problems inside the production process thanks to automatization. Fewer errors mean faster deployment.
• Both development and operation sides of the process get better interaction and understanding.
• You can automate everything that can be automated aimed at helping IT teams focus on more important issues.
• DevOps makes the teams more flexible and agile.

I’ve described the major benefits your startup team can get from implementing DevOps as well as the working process with outsource companies. I also want to share must-read information related to working with outsource agencies or you can directly contact Dinarys team to know in detail how your startup can be competitive enough in the modern intense environment.