This chapter presented a brief overview of the background of the DevOps movement. We discussed the history of DevOps and its roots in development and operations, as well as in the Agile movement. We also took a look at how ITIL and DevOps might coexist in larger organizations. The cargo cult anti-pattern was explored, and we discussed how to avoid it. You should now be able to answer the question of where DevOps fits into a larger Agile context and the different cycles of Agile development.
We will gradually move towards more technical and hands-on subjects. The next chapter will present an overview of what the technical systems we tend to focus on in DevOps look like.