The highest performing organizations have automated 72 percent of all configuration management processes. And those same high performers spend much less time (28 percent) in manual configuration processes that stall innovation and deployments.

In comparison, low performers are spending almost half of their time (46 percent) on manual configuration. These are among the findings of the latest State of DevOps Report by Puppet, which surveyed 3,200 respondents from organizations of all sizes and across multiple industries.

For the first time, the report also considered leadership types and how they affect performance. The results show that high-performing teams have leaders with the strongest behaviors across five characteristics. These include vision, inspirational communication, intellectual stimulation, supportive leadership and personal recognition. Leaders that exhibit a lower percentage of these characteristics tend to have lower performing teams.

Lean product management practices come under the spotlight too, and the report concludes that they help teams ship features that customers want, more frequently. This faster delivery cycle lets teams experiment, creating a feedback loop with customers, ultimately benefiting the entire organization.

"Every company relies on software to make its business more powerful, forcing IT organizations to evolve and ship software on demand," says Nigel Kersten, chief technical strategist at Puppet. "The results of the 2017 State of DevOps Report show that high-performing IT teams are deploying more frequently and recovering faster than ever before, yet the automation gap between high and low performing teams continues to grow. The report will help organizations understand how to identify their own inhibitors and embrace change on their DevOps journey."

You can find out more in the full report which is available to download from the Puppet website.

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