Modern DevOps Has a Tool Sprawl Problem

DevOps made software delivery faster.
But for a lot of teams, it also made delivery harder to understand.
Most engineering organizations now have a specialized tool for every part of the SDLC:
·       Planning: Jira or Azure DevOps
·       Code: GitHub or GitLab
·       CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or GitLab CI
·       Testing: TestRail or custom QA systems
·       Docs: Confluence, Notion, Google Drive, or OneDrive
·       ITSM: ServiceNow or Zendesk
·       Approvals: Slack, Teams, or email
·       Compliance: spreadsheets and audit folders
·       Reporting: dashboards
Each tool solves a real problem. The issue is what happens between them.
When release context is scattered across disconnected systems, teams struggle to answer basic questions:
·       What changed?
·       Why did it change?
·       Who approved it?
·       What tests passed?
·       Which risks were accepted?
·       Was compliance validated?
·       What evidence supports the release?
That is where modern DevOps starts to break down.