DOI: https://doi.org/10.36347/sjet.2026.v14i04.002

Pages: 172-188

Devops has become a paradigm shift in the newer era of software engineering with the focus on continuous integration and continuous delivery, automation, and cross-functioning to improve the quality of the software and speed up the delivery process. Regardless of its increasing popularity in industries, the overall picture of the best practices in DevOps and the conditions under which it can be successful has not yet been realized. The current systematic literature review consolidates the results of 48 peer-reviewed studies that were published in various regions and publications to investigate how DevOps can be effective in enhancing the software quality and performance of the delivery. The review was conducted based on four research questions and assesses the main practices of DevOps, research problems and gaps, the role of organizational culture and teamwork, and DevOps adoption strategies used in different industries and organizations of varying sizes. The results suggest that automation, CI/CD pipeline, infrastructure-as-code, continuous monitoring and cross-team collaboration are always positively related to faster delivery, reduced deployment failures, and increased software reliability. Nevertheless, the performance of these practices is also heavily dependent on the organization enablers, such as cultural preparedness, maturity of communication and leadership support. There are also differences in adoption strategies, where enterprises focus on scalability, compliance and governance whereas startups are focused on agility and rapid iteration. Also, growing trends include AI-based DevOps, cloud-native architectures, and containerization that are becoming more influencing maturity in DevOps and future areas of research. Altogether, this review offers an organized summary of the existing evidence, pragmatic elements of DevOps adoption support, and prospects of the further development of scalable and resilient software delivery practices.