AgileOps (Agile Operations) is an approach that applies Agile principles to IT operations and system management. It aims to make IT operations more flexible, efficient, and responsive to change while improving collaboration between development and operations teams. AgileOps is often associated with DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Continuous Delivery (CD) practices.
Agile Ops
Key Characteristics of AgileOps
Agile Mindset in Operations – Encourages iterative improvements, collaboration, and quick adaptation to changes.
Integration with DevOps – Enhances automation and aligns operations with Agile and DevOps workflows.
Use of Agile Methodologies – Kanban, Scrum, and Lean principles help manage operational tasks effectively.
AgileOps transforms traditional IT operations by adopting Agile, DevOps, and automation practices to improve efficiency, system stability, and responsiveness to change. It is widely used in cloud-native environments and modern IT organizations.
Agile Ops Tools
AgileOps relies on a variety of tools to enhance automation, monitoring, collaboration, and efficiency in IT operations. These tools support Agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles. Below is a categorized list of key AgileOps tools:
Agile Ops Tools
1. Agile Workflow & Project Management
These tools help AgileOps teams plan, track, and manage operational tasks efficiently.
Jira – Agile project management with Scrum/Kanban support.
Trello – Kanban-based task management.
Azure DevOps – Agile planning, tracking, and CI/CD integration.
Monday.com, Asana – Work management and collaboration.
3. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Configuration Management
Automates infrastructure provisioning and management.
Terraform – Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool for cloud provisioning.
Ansible – Configuration management and automation.
Puppet, Chef – Infrastructure automation and configuration management.
Kubernetes – Container orchestration platform.
Docker – Containerization for applications.
4. Monitoring & Observability
Tracks system performance, logs, and detects anomalies.
Prometheus – Open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit.
Grafana – Visualization and monitoring dashboard.
Datadog – Full-stack observability and monitoring.
New Relic – Application performance monitoring (APM).
ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) – Log management and analytics.
Splunk – Real-time data analysis and log management.
5. Incident Management & Response
Enhances operational resilience and fast incident response.
PagerDuty – Incident management and on-call scheduling.
Opsgenie – Alerting and incident response coordination.
VictorOps (Splunk On-Call) – Incident response for DevOps teams.
6. Security & Compliance
Ensures security, compliance, and governance in AgileOps.
SonarQube – Static code analysis for security vulnerabilities.
Aqua Security, Prisma Cloud – Container and cloud security.
HashiCorp Vault – Secrets and credential management.
Conclusion
AgileOps leverages a combination of CI/CD, automation, monitoring, and security tools to enhance IT operations, reduce manual workloads, and improve system reliability. The choice of tools depends on the organization's infrastructure and operational needs.
Agile Scrum
Agile Scrum
Scrum is a framework for getting work done within agile. Scrum uses all the core principles of agile to define methods to facilitate a project. However, it is important to note that agile does not always mean Scrum. Many different methodologies take an agile approach to project management.
Glossary of Scrum Terms
This glossary is meant to represent an overview of Scrum-related terms. Some of the mentioned terms are not mandatory in Scrum, but have been added because they are commonly used in Scrum. To learn more about the Scrum framework, to identify which of these terms are required elements of Scrum and to understand how the mentioned elements are connected, we highly recommend that you reference the Scrum Guide™.
To learn more about terms specific to software development teams using Scrum and agile software development techniques, reference the Professional Scrum Developer glossary.
Acceptance criteria
Criteria associated with requirements, products, or the delivery cycle that must be met to achieve stakeholder acceptance.
Actor (business analysis)
A human, device, or system that plays some specified role in interacting with a solution.
Adaptive approach
An approach where the solution evolves based on a cycle of learning and discovery, with feedback loops that encourage making decisions as late as possible.
Agile extension to the BABOK® guide
A standard on the practice of business analysis in an agile context. The Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide version 1 was published in 2013 by IIBA® in partnership with the Agile Alliance.
Allocation
See requirements allocation.
Architecture
The design, structure, and behaviour of a structure's current and future states regarding its components and their interaction. See also business architecture, enterprise architecture, and requirements architecture.
Artifact (business analysis)
Any solution-relevant object that is created as part of business analysis efforts.
Assumption
An influencing factor that is believed to be true but has not been confirmed to be accurate, or that could be true now but may not be in the future.