DevOps as an operational workflow (end-to-end sequence)

1) Define scope and ownership

• Identify:
  • Applications, services, environments
• Assign roles:
  • Development (features)
  • Operations (infrastructure, reliability)
  • Shared ownership model (you build it, you run it)

2) Establish version control strategy

• Use centralized repositories.
• Define branching model:
  • Feature branches
  • Main/trunk
• Enforce:
  • Code reviews
  • Merge policies

3) Environment standardization

• Define environments:
  • Dev, staging, production
• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for consistency.
• Ensure parity across environments.

4) Continuous Integration (CI)

• On every commit:
  • Build application
  • Run unit tests
• Validate:
  • Code quality
  • Dependency integrity
• Fail fast on errors.