Recommendations for implementing DevOps in the internal development of a banking institution

The IT department of the banking institution is undergoing a complete transformation and an increase in job positions. The internal development team sees weaknesses mainly in the operations part of the developed applications. Considering the current trends and the rise of DevOps, the thesis aims to establish recommendations for implementing DevOps within the internal development of a banking institution. In order to achieve the main objective, three sub-objectives are set: to analyze the current state of the development team, to identify the gaps in the current functioning, and to conduct a validation of the recommendations with the team leader and team members. Unstructured interview method is used to analyze the current state. To identify the gaps, the method of comparison is used, namely comparing the current state with the suggestions obtained from the different approaches of functioning that should be considered in this section. The construction of recommendations is achieved by researching key DevOps practices and experiences and then applying them to the needs of the team according to the identified gaps. Validation of the set of recommendations is done through interviews with the team leader and team members. The feedback obtained serves as output and evaluation. The recommendations regarding team communication and information sharing were found very useful by the team leader and he would like to implement them even if DevOps is not implemented within the company.