Assessing DevOps: Assess DevOps Quantitatively for your IT, Business and Industry

A quantitative approach to DevOps assessment

Assessing DevOps: Assess DevOps Quantitatively for your IT, Business and Industry is built for readers who need more than a vague maturity checklist. Manas Shome and Raghubir Bose focus on a practical question: how do you assess an organization’s DevOps state in a way that leads to a clear, implementation-ready target?

This is a structured, method-driven book. It moves from the case for DevOps assessment into pre-assessment, detailed analysis, cultural and people factors, technology flow, and the derivation of metrics that help translate findings into action. The tone is intentionally practical rather than introductory.

What the book covers

• Why organizations need DevOps assessment in the first place
• Pre-assessment and readiness scoring
• Quantitative methods for detailed assessment
• People, process, and technology viewpoints
• Critical-path analysis and target-state thinking
• Assessment reporting and consulting steps

Beyond the core assessment framework

The book also extends into related areas that naturally fit modern enterprise DevOps work, including Chaos Engineering, AIOps, security engineering, DataOps, container strategy, cloud strategy, and legacy modernization. It closes by connecting DevOps thinking to business metrics and selected industry verticals, giving the material a wider strategic reach than a narrow tooling guide.

Who this is likely to suit

This title is most relevant to IT consultants, architects, leaders, and strategists who already understand how IT delivery works and want a more disciplined way to evaluate improvement. If you are looking for a conceptual introduction to DevOps, this is not that book. If you need a framework for assessment, planning, and target-state design, it is much more aligned with that use case.

Why it stands out

What makes this book distinctive is its insistence on quantification. Rather than leaving DevOps assessment in the realm of broad recommendations, it aims to connect observation, scoring, and planning in a way that supports concrete next steps. That makes it a strong fit for readers who prefer models, structure, and decision-making support over general theory.