Answers: <p>Is there a DevOps methodology aimed towards academia and students? No.</p>
  
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Answers: Should there be? Instead of having students ship software in zip files or on paper, have them commit code to a VCS that automatically kicks off a report to the TAs? It lets them work in “proper environments” right from the start.
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Body: <p>I am still learning about DevOps, I wonder in Academia the workloads can often be quite heavy, I noticed there are variations on the DevOps methodology, e.g. DataOps and DevSecOps.</p>
  
  <p>I wonder if there is something like StudentOps or similar to this especially targetted to the more scientific and computer science like subjects? I have noticed a similar question: <a href="https://devops.stackexchange.com/questions/6719">DevOps in research and science projects?</a> . But this does not explain why additionally one has not been developed for academia.</p>
  
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Comments: What should be the deliverable and the pipeline to it? X-ops does not actually make much sense to me. So if you automate a LaTeX paper script and data experiments linked to its figures could be one thing.
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Comments: What is x-ops? I have now heard of this.
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Comments: "X-Ops" is meant as X=younameit because some groups try to emphasize their specific part/aspect of lifecycle
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Comments: Ah thought so. With the LaTeX thing I already automate this myself using overleaf and referencing as my studies is primarily software development automating results and the process can be very challenging and improbable.
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Comments: Well ok in studies you do not have a real product, you focus on aspects here and there. For larger projects of course ci/cd and concepts like dependency mgmgt, iaas and testing make a lot of sense.
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Comments: DevOps means a team made of Developers and Operators, it's an organization pattern. Who would be the Operators in your StudentOps, how would they differ in primary workload from the Sudents ?
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Comments: No idea am new to devops
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Comments: DevOps is more like a mindset, that a concrete methodology, If you process have conditions to Flow, Feedback and Experiment, you are doing DevOps even if you don't have any Devs and Ops departments.
  I am strongly recommend you read [The Phoenix Project][1]
  
    [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592
  
  Pd: DevSecOps sucks. Security should be embedded in Dev and Ops, don't add a new complexity layer.
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Title: Is there a DevOps methodology aimed towards academia and students?
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ThreadText: # Is there a DevOps methodology aimed towards academia and students?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-10)
  
  I am still learning about DevOps, I wonder in Academia the workloads can often be quite heavy, I noticed there are variations on the DevOps methodology, e.g. DataOps and DevSecOps.
  
  I wonder if there is something like StudentOps or similar to this especially targetted to the more scientific and computer science like subjects? I have noticed a similar question: [DevOps in research and science projects?](https://devops.stackexchange.com/questions/6719) . But this does not explain why additionally one has not been developed for academia.
  
  **Tags:** culture, academia
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What should be the deliverable and the pipeline to it? X-ops does not actually make much sense to me. So if you automate a LaTeX paper script and data experiments linked to its figures could be one thing.  
  > **username_0**: What is x-ops? I have now heard of this.  
  > **username_1**: "X-Ops" is meant as X=younameit because some groups try to emphasize their specific part/aspect of lifecycle  
  > **username_0**: Ah thought so. With the LaTeX thing I already automate this myself using overleaf and referencing as my studies is primarily software development automating results and the process can be very challenging and improbable.  
  > **username_1**: Well ok in studies you do not have a real product, you focus on aspects here and there. For larger projects of course ci/cd and concepts like dependency mgmgt, iaas and testing make a lot of sense.  
  > **username_2**: DevOps means a team made of Developers and Operators, it's an organization pattern. Who would be the Operators in your StudentOps, how would they differ in primary workload from the Sudents ?  
  > **username_0**: No idea am new to devops  
  > **username_3**: DevOps is more like a mindset, that a concrete methodology, If you process have conditions to Flow, Feedback and Experiment, you are doing DevOps even if you don't have any Devs and Ops departments. I am strongly recommend you read [The Phoenix Project][1]    [1]: https://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Project-DevOps-Helping-Business/dp/0988262592  Pd: DevSecOps sucks. Security should be embedded in Dev and Ops, don't add a new complexity layer.  
  > **username_4**: @username_0 Could you post an answer?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2020-01-06. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  Is there a DevOps methodology aimed towards academia and students? No.
  
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  > **username_5**: Should there be? Instead of having students ship software in zip files or on paper, have them commit code to a VCS that automatically kicks off a report to the TAs? It lets them work in “proper environments” right from the start.  
  
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