Understanding the DataOps ecosystem
One of the most common misconceptions around DataOps is that under the covers, it is just DevOps applied to data analytics. While the name shares similarities with both DevOps and DataOps, they're not the same.
Look at the following diagram, which depicts the DevOps loop:
Figure 11.1 – Graphic showing the phases of DevOps in an infinite loop
DevOps is often depicted as an infinite loop. As you can see in the previous diagram, DataOps is different. When illustrating DataOps, it is shown as an intersection of value and innovation pipelines, as you can see in the following diagram:
Figure 11.2 – DataOps depiction showing a value pipeline along the top and innovation from bottom to top
DataOps communicates that data analytics can achieve what DevOps accomplished for software development. That is, when data teams use new tools and methodologies, DataOps can result in an order of magnitude...