DevOps is all about boosting the efficiency of software design and deployment. So why wouldn’t you do everything you could to make it even more productive? DevOps automation involves using a variety of technologies to automate specific DevOps processes (e.g., code, test, deploy, monitor…), as well as managing projects (e.g., task handover, workflows, sign off…). DevOps automation sounds good in theory, but automating tasks can be complex, so it’s often a question of prioritising – finding the biggest pain points and most repetitive work to automate first. In this session, we’ll see why an ever-growing number of firms are automating DevOps:

• Why you should automate DevOps processes

• Which processes are ripe for automation

• How to choose processes to automate

• Challenges of DevOps automation

• Examples of ‘real world’ DevOps automation and its benefits