This document discusses challenges with database deployments in DevOps workflows. It notes that 92% of respondents in a 2019 survey saw databases as a bottleneck in DevOps processes. Database updates are often tied to application changes, slowing full deployment times. Most DevOps teams find continuous database deployment difficult. There are also often tensions between DBAs and developers. The document provides some methods to help, such as spreading database knowledge across teams and giving developers more visibility and ownership of production databases and performance. However, fully achieving this integration is seen as risky and difficult. DevOps requires shared ownership of the entire software development and operations lifecycle between all roles.