DataOps as an approach to building data platforms

DataOps is a term that has been around since at least 2015 and refers to an agile approach to building data platforms and data products that borrows from some of the concepts of DevOps. Where DevOps transformed the approach to how software is engineered, DataOps transforms the approach by which data products are built.

Much like it is difficult to give an exact definition or outline an exact approach for other concepts we have discussed (such as data lakes and data meshes), it is similarly difficult to tie down one clear-cut definition for what is meant by DataOps. The original author of the term may have had a clear definition of what they meant, but over time, the term may come to mean different things to different people, and the meaning of the term as a whole may evolve.

In this section, we will attempt to focus on some of the core concepts of DataOps, and specifically, how they apply to building a data platform and data...