DevOps toolchain

[3][4][5] As DevOps is a set of practices that emphasizes the collaboration and communication of both software developers and other information technology (IT) professionals, while automating the process of software delivery and infrastructure changes, its implementation can include the definition of the series of tools used at various stages of the lifecycle; because DevOps is a cultural shift and collaboration between development and operations, there is no one product that can be considered a single DevOps tool.

Specifically "Plan" activities include: A combination of the IT personnel will be involved in these activities: business application owners, software development, software architects, continual release management, security officers and the organization responsible for managing the production of IT infrastructure.

Create is composed of the building, coding, and configuring of the software development process.

Version Control is an important link in a DevOps toolchain and a component of software configuration management.

Version Control is the management of changes to documents, computer programs, large web sites, and other collections of information.