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DevOps is like a three legged stool, because it is a balancing act between the three outcomes : Velocity, risk and quality. Any organization will expect these outcomes from its DevOps team. Velocity: This is the classic issue of getting code from the fingertips of your developers, out to the edge where it can start to add value to the business (customers/internal users). With the right tooling one would think this is easy to accomplish, however as you attempt to do this while balancing other priorities it can start to become more and more difficult. Below is a graphic from a Gartner study that illustrates this point: