Agile/DevOps adoption is gaining importance in the ever-dynamic IT services industry. In the current digital age, the traditional waterfall methodology is rapidly being replaced by Agile/DevOps methodology as it provides multiple benefits in terms of cost, effort, and quality. The increase in interest for Agile/DevOps is both push- and pull-driven; it is driven both from enterprises-wide demand as well as service providers making changes to their approach for software deployment for clients.
Key Findings
The implementation of Agile/DevOps methodologies will have a significant and extensive impact on the strategies of companies. This viewpoint specifically focuses on the impact of Agile/DevOps adoption on location strategies of companies and its implications. The viewpoint evaluates both current impact and future trends.
Some of the points of impact due to Agile/DevOps on location strategies of firms touched in this viewpoint include:
Impact on colocation
Trend towards tailoring of Agile
Inclination towards multi-skilled workforce
Impact on headcount
Leverage of digital hotspots
Implications
Adoption of Agile/DevOps will result in substantive changes to location strategy of firms. This will have important implications for both enterprises and service providers. The implications will vary for enterprises with different scales of Agile/DevOps adoption and service providers.
