{"paper_id":"2eca6c61-c11f-43ba-9119-217b0ecee23b","body_text":"Integrating DevOps Principles into Technical Program Management: A Framework for Accelerating Cross-Functional Firmware/Software Release Cycles | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Systematic Review Integrating DevOps Principles into Technical Program Management: A Framework for Accelerating Cross-Functional Firmware/Software Release Cycles Dr. Peter Lewinski, Kiran Kumar, Dr. Mohamed Ahmed, Binu Jhanwar, and 1 more This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9413108/v2 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Posted Version 2 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Show more versions Abstract Modern software and embedded systems growing complexity has increased the urge to have the faster, coordinated, and reliable release cycles across cross- functional teams. DevOps has also brought about major advancements in automation and delivery in software engineering, although its adoption with Technical Program Management (TPM) is still minimal, especially in firmware-software co-development settings. This study fills this gap by conducting a systematic review of the existing literature and suggesting a unified framework that would integrate DevOps practices and TPM to improve cross-functional coordination of releases. The major databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, and IEEE Xplore were used to adopt a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) that provides coverage on peer-reviewed publications published between 2010 and 2025. Empirical and conceptual studies were reviewed in totality to determine the trends in the adoption of DevOps, TPM practices and challenges of integration. The results indicate that there are major differences in software and embedded DevOps adoption, organizational silos are still present, and toolchains are not synchronized to support synchronized release cycles. On the basis of these findings, this paper suggests a multi-layered architecture that includes strategic (TPM governance), implementation (DevOps pipelines), and integration (coordination layer) layers. The framework focuses on dependency management, release orchestration and feedback based coordination to close the divide between the engineering execution and the program-level coordination. The research also adds to the theory and practice by bringing together a divided literature and providing a framework to the combination of DevOps and TPM. DevOps technical program management Software release cycle Firmware Continuous delivery Continuous integration Cross-functional collaboration Full Text Additional Declarations The authors declare no competing interests. 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