What is DevOps

Chris Short defines DevOps as

DevOps is the professional practice of frequent, continued, and iterative improvements through measurable changes, the goal of which is to become a high-velocity organization thus improving business outcomes.

DevOps comprises Professional Practice; Frequent, Continued, and Iterative Improvement; High-Velocity Organization; Measurable Changes; Business Outcomes.

And what DevOps is not as stated by Lemi Orhan Ergin in his famous tweet:

Let’s clarify:

• Jira is not Agile
• Open Source is not Free
• Using cloud is not DevOps
• Rituals is not Scrum
• Developed is not Done