The DRA characteristics are general terminologies that can be used to create reference architecture founded on the DevOps concepts and cloud services. The DRA characteristics offer a blueprint that assists with the adoption of DevOps approach in organizational context. The DRA characteristics focus of the human factor integration with the digital APIs and tools. The DRA characteristics are not fixed to a context but can be used in numerous development contexts. The framework characteristics are organised into three categories: • The foundation is composed of the human factor, infrastructure, and abstraction elements. • The core is composed of tools, process, and product elements. • The extended is composed of business value, rules, and legal elements.
