Challenges: Example 2: The Launch of healthcare.gov Website (2013)

The launch of the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ healthcare.gov website in 2013 was plagued by technical problems, causing major delays and embarrassment for the government. This was due in part to the use of outdated technology and a lack of collaboration between development and operations teams.

The pre-DevOps era was a time of significant challenges for software development. However, it also laid the groundwork for the emergence of DevOps, which has revolutionized the way software is built and delivered.