Enhancing DevOps workflows in enterprise information technology organizations

A development and operations (DevOps) system for managing applications, the system comprising a processor and a memory having instructions stored therein that, when executed, cause the processor to:

• generate an inventory of registered and versioned artifact files associated with a named environment of a defined system in an enterprise, the inventory of artifact files including:
• a first artifact file specifying a computing hardware resource needed to run an application in the system environment, wherein the computer hardware resource is one of a version of a server operating system, an amount of random access memory (RAM), or an amount of hard drive space;
• and
• a second artifact file with executable code to run the application in the named environment according to specifications in the first artifact file;
• and
• a third artifact file including identification information for an entity to run the application or authorize the use of the application in accordance with the first and second artifact files;
• receive selection of the application and one or more corresponding artifact files from the inventory of artifact files;
• virtually modify, in response to a registration of a new version of the first artifact file, the computing hardware resource according to the first artifact file;
• run the code from the second artifact file using the identity information of the third artifact file;
• and
• determine a first cost associated with the application based on expenses incurred for corresponding virtual modifications to the system environment made according to a change to the first artifact file and a second cost associated with the application based on expenses incurred for corresponding virtual modifications to the system environment made according to a change to the second artifact file.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having machine instructions stored thereon, the instructions being executable by a processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• generating an inventory of registered and versioned artifact files associated with a system environment, the inventory of artifact files including:
• a first artifact file specifying a computing hardware resource needed to run an application in the system environment, wherein the computer hardware resource is one of a version of a server operating system, an amount of random access memory (RAM), or an amount of hard drive space;
• and
• a second artifact file with executable code to run the application in the named environment according to specifications in the first artifact file;
• and
• a third artifact file including identification information for an entity to run the application or authorize the use of the application in accordance with the first and second artifact files;
• creating a deployment by selecting the application and one or more artifact files from the inventory of artifact files;
• virtually modifying, in response to a registration of a new version of the first artifact file, the computing hardware resource according to the first artifact file;
• running the code from the second artifact file using the identity information of the third artifact file;
• and
• determining a first cost associated with the application based on expenses incurred for corresponding virtual modifications to the system environment made according to a change to the first artifact file and a second cost associated with the application based on expenses incurred for corresponding virtual modifications to the system environment made according to a change to the second artifact file.