The legal characteristic is explicitly included in the extended characteristics category of the DRA framework. The legal agreement and governing requirements may also affect the software development process and product (e.g., IoT-application) delivery. To successful implement DevOps approach, organizations should use the agile manifesto (2001) and apply the following acceptance law of the product use: • Specification of the accepted work • Copyright rules • The due date of payment • The transfer of the risk of compensation • The limitation period for warranty claims • The exclusion of known, not reserved defects • The beginning of the intended use of the product • Cost planning of the product and time constraint • The product development and implementation schedule • DevOps team roles and responsibility contracts • The development environment and product delivery • Quality assurance for end-users The legal characteristic may include or exclude different items depending on the current organization.
