State of DevOps: Success happens through platform engineering | Computer Weekly
Summary
Overall, 94% of enterprises say they are able to better realise the benefits of DevOps, while more than two-thirds (68%) reported a sharp increase in dev velocity thanks to having a team wholly responsible for ensuring the underlying platforms are kept running. The platform engineering team takes responsibility for designing and building self-service capabilities to minimise the amount of work developers need to do themselves. The survey found that the majority of enterprises saw improvements in system reliability (60%), productivity and efficiency (59%), and workflow standards (57%). The study found the length of time a firm has had a platform team in place is a key factor in improved development speed. Over half (53%) of respondents at firms in which platform teams were implemented more than three years ago report that development speed has improved “a great deal”, compared with just 35% of respondents stating the same at firms that implemented platform teams in the past three years.