@MASTERSTHESIS{ 2017:1785076510, title = {Communication in devops}, year = {2017}, url = "http://tede2.pucrs.br/tede2/handle/tede/8219", abstract = "Even though agile actively seeks collaboration with all kinds of stakeholders, most agile projects do not extend toward the operations people. Issues in communication are a recurring issue in agile teams. Such issues are also eminent in the relationship between developers and operations. This study aims to understand how communication happens in DevOps from the perspective of practitioners. To achieve our goal, a Literature Review on DevOps and Communication was performed, and a Field Study was conducted with qualitative data being collected through interviews. Results revealed that today there are at least three different DevOps configurations being applied in the industry, being: Dev and Ops professionals allocated to the same team; a team of DevOps with a shared skill set; and a separate team of Dev and Ops working together. Despite the configurations, we did not find any particularities. In summary, results show that co-allocated and cross functional team members communicate better; it is important to work together as a single team and share technical knowledge; decision power changes based on the situation that is being faced; among others. Our findings help to narrow the gap pointed out by Erich, Amrit, and Daneva between Dev and Ops, moving towards a better understanding of how DevOps team collaborates by helping practitioners to improve their communication practices in their daily work.", publisher = {Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul}, scholl = {Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciência da Computação}, note = {Escola Politécnica} }