How the First Global DevOps Standard Boosts IT Operations Efficiency

Standardization and process are the foundation of an operations management system; thorough standard unification and accelerated automation are essential to minimize human error, reduce labor costs, and improve operational efficiency and quality.

The world’s first DevOps standard, the "R&D Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model," was led by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology together with the Cloud Computing Open Source Industry Alliance, Efficient Operations Community, DevOps Era Community, and experts from Google, BATJ, Tsinghua University, Nanjing University, and top enterprises in communications and finance. The standard has been officially launched by the ITU‑T of the United Nations and the China Communications Standardization Association (CCSA).

1. About the R&D Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model Assessment

The DevOps standard assessment system includes evaluation of agile development management, continuous delivery, technical operations, application architecture, security and risk management, systems, and tools. Currently, the technical operations component of the R&D Operations Integration process can be formally assessed.

Overall framework diagram

About Technical Operations

Technical operation management is a process that builds technical operation capabilities centered on business, delivering stable, secure, and efficient services, and supporting continuous enterprise development and strategic success. It focuses not only on stability, safety, and reliability, but also on experience, efficiency, and benefit.

Technical operation management process includes:

Monitoring management

Incident and change management

Configuration management

Capacity and cost management

High‑availability management

Business continuity management

User experience management

"R&D Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model Part 4: Technical Operations" – Graded Technical Requirements

2. DevOps Standard Assessment

The "DevOps Capability Maturity Assessment" helps enterprises improve IT efficiency by unifying requirements, development, testing, deployment, and operation, fostering organizational collaboration and optimized application architecture, achieving agile development, continuous delivery, and seamless application operation, while ensuring stability and rapid delivery of high‑quality software and services to meet fast‑changing business needs.

Expert panel mechanism: The assessment expert group typically consists of 3–5 experts from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology and certified DevOps assessors.

Review panel mechanism: After assessment, an expert review meeting is held, with reviewers drawn from enterprises that have passed the DevOps assessment.

3. Assessment Process

First batch technical operation assessment registration period:

Registration: now until September 9, 2019

Assessment: September–October 2019

Result release and certification: November 2019

For inquiries about the DevOps standard technical operation assessment:

China Academy of Information and Communications Technology – Contact: Che Xin, Phone: 186 1113 9904 (WeChat), Email: [email protected]

Efficient Operations Community – Contact: Yang Donghui, Phone: 185 1511 5139 (WeChat), Email: [email protected]