ITPEC IP October 2025 Question 50

The development side and the operation side work together closely and respond swiftly, using automation tools — DevOps joins development (Dev) and operations (Ops).

In a traditional organization, developers want to release changes quickly while operators want to keep the system stable, and the hand-over between them slows everything down. DevOps has both sides share goals and work as one team, and it automates the building, testing and deployment of the software (continuous integration and continuous delivery). Changes, including requests to change the specification, then reach production quickly and often, in small, low-risk steps.

Answer (c)

Why not others:

• •(a) — building a prototype in requirements definition so the users can see the screens is prototyping
• •(b) — design, development and testing in order, then a hand-over to operations once complete, is the waterfall model with development and operations kept separate, the opposite of DevOps
• •(d) — two developers developing one program together is pair programming, a practice of XP (Extreme Programming)

Key rule: DevOps is collaboration between development and operations plus automation of the release pipeline, so software can be changed and released frequently and reliably.

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