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Record W4406348806 · doi:10.1016/j.jss.2024.112331

Navigating the DevOps landscape

2025· article· en· W4406348806 on OpenAlexafffund
Xinrui Zhang, Pincan Zhao, Jason Jaskolka

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Systems and Software · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldComputer Science
TopicSoftware System Performance and Reliability
Canadian institutionsCarleton University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsDevOpsComputer scienceEngineeringSystems engineeringGeographySoftware engineeringSoftware deployment

Abstract

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DevOps, with its increasing prevalence in both industry and academia, has evolved into various DevOps variants (namely XOps) to address emerging technological and operational challenges. However, this proliferation has created confusion and a lack of clarity about the systematic understanding of these XOps and their interrelationship in the DevOps landscape, leading to fragmented knowledge and application. This research seeks to construct a comprehensive picture of the existing DevOps landscape, clarifying the nature and nuances of various XOps, to guide effective future studies and implementations. Utilizing Multivocal Literature Review (MLR), 80 gathered documents are thoroughly examined from throughout the whole community, encompassing both white and grey literature, to map the DevOps landscape. Our review systematically discovered 38 XOps terms and 13 well-studied XOps including AIOps, BizDevOps, CloudOps, DataOps, DevSecOps, FinOps, GitOps, MLOps, ModelOps, NetDevOps, NoOps, SecDevOps and TwinOps. We provided dictionary-like resource that elucidates the core concepts and main ideas associated with each XOps. An in-depth understanding of intricate evolution from DevOps to XOps is delved into, supplemented by the research of relationships between XOps and various technological enablers as well as relationships between XOps and organizational teams, contributing to the ongoing dialogue surrounding their application and evolution. This paper provides a foundational understanding of the DevOps landscape including open issues and challenges, current and future trends, assisting both researchers and practitioners in navigating this complex field. It establishes a platform for further research and practical applications in the evolving field of DevOps and XOps.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.033
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.045
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.033
Threshold uncertainty score0.174

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0330.045
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0110.011
Science and technology studies0.0040.010
Scholarly communication0.0160.025
Open science0.0020.009
Research integrity0.0020.005
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.001

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.008
GPT teacher head0.257
Teacher spread0.249 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designNot applicable
Domainnot available
GenreReview

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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