DevOps in Pakistani Software Industry

Muhammad Usman Awais, Ali Hussein

Abstract: Researchers have been working to make software processes smooth and efficient. DevOps is a software development framework that fits best in the context of ever-emerging cloud technologies. DevOps has made it possible to automate each stage of software development, this is why it is gaining popularity rapidly. For the Pakistani software industry, the acceptance of DevOps is hindered by many factors. The most important of them all is the ever-widening disparity between the industry and academia. To assess the knowledge and acceptance of DevOps in the Pakistani software industry, a survey was conducted. Apart from other results, one conclusion is clear from the survey; Pakistani software engineers are completely aware of the changes taking place in the international market and they are trying to cope up with them, but the lack of theoretical knowledge is not allowing them to get to the pace they should have been. At the end of the article, some suggestions are presented to improve the situation.