Software Development Management Trends and DevOps Transformation in the Fund Industry

In recent years the fund industry has expanded rapidly, moving from traditional public funds to large‑scale asset management with global reach, and facing new challenges and opportunities brought by financial technology. This has created high expectations for IT capabilities, especially the ability to develop and adapt systems quickly and autonomously.

Across both internet companies and traditional software firms, the dominant trend is the adoption of Agile and DevOps to accelerate delivery. Historical milestones such as Amazon’s 11‑second production changes in 2011, Facebook’s twice‑daily releases, and Google’s frequent updates illustrate the speed achievable. The evolution from unstructured development to standardized CMMI, then to Agile (2001) and DevOps (2009) reflects a continuous push for faster, higher‑quality software delivery.

Boshi Fund embraced this trend by launching an Agile and DevOps transformation in 2016, establishing a unified DevOps platform. The platform, built on TFS and integrating requirements, design, coding, testing, integration, deployment, containerization, and monitoring tools, enabled end‑to‑end collaboration and dramatically improved development efficiency, saving tens of millions of yuan annually and boosting team capabilities.

The platform’s architecture separates development and technical operations, leveraging containerization, virtualization, and cloud‑native practices to implement infrastructure‑as‑code. It consolidates code branch management, environment provisioning, automation, micro‑service deployment, and continuous delivery, providing a robust pipeline that supports large‑scale, complex projects.

Beyond operational gains, the DevOps platform underpins financial‑technology innovation. By supporting both “reliable IT” (stability, cost‑effectiveness) and “agile IT” (speed, flexibility), it enables rapid experimentation with AI, big data, mobile, and blockchain solutions, facilitates micro‑service migration, and drives the development of a next‑generation investment decision‑support system covering front‑, middle‑, and back‑office functions.

Overall, Boshi Fund’s transformation demonstrates how adopting Agile, DevOps, and cloud‑native technologies can reshape IT value, enhance fintech capabilities, and ensure the fund industry remains competitive in the digital era.