The latest articles on DEV Community by Sarah Kaleem Ahmed (@skash_zone). https://dev.to/skash_zone https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F903318%2F1d4e1781-3e25-4c0e-9f42-a5239b28c179.png https://dev.to/skash_zone en Sarah Kaleem Ahmed Thu, 04 Aug 2022 12:57:37 +0000 https://dev.to/skash_zone/value-stream-delivery-platforms-vsdps-a-must-for-high-performing-teams-2dba https://dev.to/skash_zone/value-stream-delivery-platforms-vsdps-a-must-for-high-performing-teams-2dba <p>With the lines blurred between Development and Operations, the focus for the last few years has been on the speed of deployments and frequent iterations to applications.<br> The market now has a variety of DevOps platforms, all promising efficient DevOps metrics post adoptions for faster releases, reduced failure rates, quicker rollbacks, and whatnot. However, <strong>what’s the point in doing things faster if you are not doing the right thing? How do you ensure the product aligns with your business value?</strong></p> <p>Gartner has now defined a new category of solutions called Value Stream Delivery Platforms or VSDPs in short. So, what is a value stream delivery platform (VSDP)? It is a unified platform that has the capability to integrate with DevOps tools for streamlining continuous software integrations, development, and delivery.</p> <h2> How does a value stream delivery platform (VSDP) create business value? </h2> <p>Perception on how essential a VSDP really is depends on the cultural, financial, and technical maturity aspects of an organization:</p> <p><strong>Small and medium-sized companies:</strong> There are many SMEs who have given up on their promised DevOps business outcomes because of a lack of in-house skills, budgets, and poor handling of external dependencies. A VSDP could help reinstate DevOps best practices by minimizing dependencies on skills, funds, and improving visibility across CI/CD for better team collaboration and innovations.</p> <p><strong>Large companies/Enterprises</strong> on the other hand have hundreds of projects every year with numerous skilled resources floating in and out of the core DevOps teams. They appreciate having a single, unifying platform to facilitate faster onboarding, fewer handovers, maintenance, and eliminating non-value-adding tasks. A VSDP can help achieve all of this and more with its out-of-the-box capabilities and wide range of 3rd party integrations.</p> <h2> Ozone as a Value Stream Delivery Platform </h2> <p><a href="https://ozone.one/">Ozone</a> is a Modern <a href="https://ozone.one/product/ozone-continuous-integration/">CI/CD Platform</a> specifically designed for cloud-native Kubernetes deployments of modern apps. It offers various out-of-the-box capabilities and numerous meaningful <a href="https://ozone.one/product/ozone-continuous-integration/">integrations</a> to enable teams to iterate and release faster. With automation and a standardized approach to deployments through Tekton reusable pipelines, Ozone helps <a href="https://ozone.one/product/ozone-devsecops-governance/">DevOps</a> teams save critical time and resources while helping to focus on value delivery.</p> <h2> Deliver end-to-end value to your customers before your competition! </h2> <p>If you have a team that has embraced or is looking at adopting Kubernetes for cross-cloud <a href="https://ozone.one/product/ozone-continuous-delivery/">deployments</a> of microservices, you would invariably be dependent upon a complex <a href="https://ozone.one/product/ozone-devsecops-governance/">DevOps</a> toolchain. While you might be using a platform for orchestrating certain part or parts of the <a href="https://ozone.one/product/ozone-continuous-integration/">CICD</a> processes, getting a holistic insight and understanding of DevOps productivity would still remain unsolved.</p> devops testing cicd cloud