By Vinay Srinivasan

4. Development
Development of DevOps Software
Within Scope of Policies
Using Templates
Confirming To Standards
Using Resources
Confirming To Environment
Using Attributes
Confirming To Scope
Within Scope of CheckList
Using Idempotency
Using Convergence

5. Software
Using Software Development Kits/ Language/ IDE
Like Chef SDK/ Ruby/ Aptana, Ruby Mine, etc...
Using Software Tool Chain
Like GCC, monodevelop, etc…
Using Behavioral Driven Development Language
Like Domain Specific Language (DSL)
Compiled and Converted to DSL at Runtime
Using Recipes
For Creating CookBooks
Implementing Idempotency
Implementing Convergence

6. UnBoxed
Infrastructure
Cloud
Private Cloud
Dedicated To Single Organization
Public Cloud
Dedicated To Multiple Organizations
Virtual Machines, FQDNs, Nodes
Composite Hardware
Network Resources
Storage Resources
Artificial Intelligence & Computing Resources
Memory and Monitoring Resources
Communication and Mobility Resources
etc...

7. System
Operating System
Monolithic OS
Hybrid OS
RealTime OS
Hardware System
Embedded System
Asynchronous I/O
Synchronous I/O
Artificial Intelligence System
Computational Processing System
Parallel Processing System
Storage and Networking System
IOT, etc...

8. Operations
Management Information System
Decision Support System
DashBoard & Graphs
Configuration Management System
Software Environment Configuration Management
Hardware Environment Configuration Management
BaseLining and Revision/Change Control
Build Management System
Version Management
Integrated Build Deployment
DataBase Management System
Network Management System
Application/ Product Life Cycle Management
etc...

9. UnBoxed QA
White Box Testing
Unit Testing, Code Coverage Testing, API Testing
Risk Assessment, Risk Analysis and Risk Management
Security Testing, Risk Mitigation, Risk Migration
Black Box Testing
Functional Testing, Regression Testing
Grey Box Testing
Web Services Testing
Performance Testing
Integrity or Exploratory Testing
End to End Testing
Continuous Integration Testing
Build Deployment Testing
etc...

10. Automation
Automation of InfraStructure
Orchestration of Code using DSL
To Implement Policies
Confirming to Standards
To the Tune of CheckLists
Achieve Repeatability and Predictability
Check IdemPotency
Set Convergence
Automation of Configuration Management System
Automation of Build Management System
Automation of DataBase Management System
Automation of Network Management System
Automation of App/ Product Life Cycle Management
etc...