State of DevOps Report 2021

About the report

Our very first State of DevOps Report this year is based on an anonymous survey with our client landscape. We asked more than 180 domain experts and peers to give us an insight of their current status-quo of their DevOps journey to better understand what factors influence software delivery and organizational performance. The results enable us to better serve our clients and help drive business forward.

This report will allow you to create internal benchmarks, compare yourself to established good practices, and locate areas for improvement within your organization.

The focus of this year's evaluation was mainly in the areas of.

• Culture

• Organizational and team structures

• Architecture

• Automation

• Testing practices

These are some of our keyfindings:

• The industry needs a DevOps kickstart.

  With 49%, almost half of the respondents have not yet started their DevOps evolution or are still expierencing getting going.

• Influence your culture to be successful.

  While agile methodologies are part of the cultural toolbox, other parts of the DevOps mindset are reaching widespread adoption.

• Architectural and automation outcomes are important.

  It is essential that teams achieve architectural outcomes to ensure that the quality required for a complete and reliable automation is met. ​

• Cloud is a differentiator and drives high performance.

  High-performing teams have a high cloud adoption rate, but we still see a lot of untapped potential to improve the way of working with cloud services.

We hope you will enjoy reading this data-driven industry insights of our State of DevOps Report 2021.