This document discusses how Accenture's DevOps services can help organizations deliver applications at the pace of business. DevOps uses automation techniques to increase collaboration between development and operations teams, enabling faster and more frequent software deployments. Accenture's DevOps services include assessment and strategy, implementation of continuous integration and delivery practices, and organizational change management. These services help organizations increase speed to market, reduce defects, and improve productivity and throughput.

1. Delivering
applications at the
pace of business
Accenture DevOps services

2. Business today is increasingly high velocity
and software driven
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What’s needed is a new way to build software
“No longer can applications
be ‘built’ as one distinct
activity and ‘maintained’ as
another. Engineering
innovations such as Agile
and DevOps enable
software to be continuously
delivered and evolve as
business needs change.”
Accenture Future
of Applications, 2014
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3. The challenge
Current IT operating models are not designed for today’s high-velocity
business environment
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1 “IT Speed: The Crisis and the Savior of the Enterprise,” A Forrester Consulting study commissioned by Chef, December 2013
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A high proportion
of production
incidents are a
result of human
errors in the
manual release
of software.
In a recent
Forrester survey,
just 17 percent
of IT executives
said they deliver
fast enough for
the pace of
business.1
IT organizations
typically spend
more time
testing, deploying
and releasing
software than
designing and
building it.
IT Development
and IT
Operations
have different
values and ways
of working that
are often not
in alignment.

4. Digital and enterprise applications must move
faster
Adopt new engineering practices to compete with agility and speed
• Digital and mobile applications
require fast changes to respond
to short feedback cycles.
• Enterprise systems need to be
streamlined through automated
deployment approaches.
• Over time, applications should
operate at a faster speed or
be retired..
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DIGITAL
ENTERPRISE

5. What is DevOps?
DevOps uses
automation techniques
to increase
collaboration across
development and
operations, enabling
faster, more predictable
and more frequent
deployments to market.
Development Operations
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DevOps enables IT delivery at the pace the
business demands
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CHALLENGES HOW DEVOPS HELPS
Phased delivery
Inefficient practices
Error-prone manual processes
Siloed teams
Continuous delivery
Streamlined practices
Automated quality processes
Integrated teams
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7. How DevOps principles
accelerate software delivery
TEST EARLY
AND OFTEN
IMPROVE
CONTINUOUSLY
AUTOMATE
EVERYTHING
COHESIVE
TEAMS
STRONG
SOURCE
CONTROL
DELIVER
SMALL
INCREMENTS
EXPERIMENT
FREQUENTLY
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8. Accenture’s DevOps services
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ASSESSMENT
AND STRATEGY
APPLICATION
ARCHITECTURE
IMPLEMENTATION
Continuous Integration
Delivery
Testing
ORGANIZATIONAL
CHANGE
IT OPERATING
MODEL
TRANSFORMATION
MANAGED
SERVICE
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The benefits
Accenture’s DevOps services can help organizations maximize
business value
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SPEED TO
MARKET
Up to 50% increase
in speed to market
through streamlined
software delivery
DELIVERY
RISK
Reduced defects
in later test phases
by up to 30%
and overall
higher quality
THROUGHPUT
Teams are more
productive and
can deliver new
functionality faster

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Why Accenture?
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COMPLEX
DELIVERY
EXPERIENCE
We have over 20 years
of experience with
automation to support
complex delivery across
digital and enterprise
applications and a track
record of creating
state-of-the-art
technical architectures
for DevOps practices.
PROVEN
METHODS
DEVOPS
PLATFORM
CLOUD
PLATFORM
Accenture Delivery
Methods for Agile
and distributed delivery
increase efficiency,
scalability and
repeatability in
development while
reducing client risk, in
projects with over 1,000
developers.
Accenture’s cloud-
based tools are
preconfigured, providing
a capability that clients
can leverage to reduce
the cost of their DevOps
infrastructure and
increase the speed
of adoption.
DevOps can be enabled
by the Accenture Cloud
Platform, which gives
clients the power and
flexibility to manage
workloads simply and
securely across private
and public clouds on
demand, at speed and
from a single point.
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11. To Learn More
Contact:
Martin Croker
Mirco Hering
email: martin.croker@accenture.com
email: mirco.hering@accenture.com
Connect on LinkedIn: Martin Croker
Connect on LinkedIn: Mirco Hering
Visit: www.accenture.com/DevOps
Read: Future of Applications
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