In the hands of a novice, an axe is a deadly tool, one that makes great use of brutality and simplicity. In the hands of a skilled warrior, a Bearded Axe like this simple specimen transforms into a truly deadly weapon of war.
Speed things up. One of the main benefits of DevOps is creating a more agile business, with shorter, iterative processes key to this, enabling the IT team to handle issues and innovate faster. Indeed, the impact can be significant -- with development to production cycles moving from months to hours.
Not all of the benefits of DevOps can be directly measured and tracked as KPIs. In fact, one could argue that the intangible benefits of DevOps hold equal, if not more weight, than the manifest outcomes of the discipline.