I've had some very interesting conversations today about the role of Environment Management within teams that follow DevOps practices. The traditional role of an Environment Manager was someone who:
Took overall responsibility for coordinating multiple teams and components at all stages of the software development life cycle, SDLC, to ensure that a known sets of software versions are delivered and available in a timely manner.
It is my belief that in a cross-functional Agile team following DevOps practices these responsibilities belong to the team as a whole, ultimately being accountable to the Product Owner as the representative of the business.
In short, my question is who is... responsible for Environment Management in a team following DevOps practices, i.e., one that does not have an external Environment Manager function available to them.
