Spotting Black Swans With Ease: The Case for a Practical Reproducibility Platform

Advances in agile software delivery methodologies and tools (commonly referred to as _DevOps_) have not yet materialized in academic scenarios such as university, industry and government laboratories. In this position paper we make the case for _Black Swan_, a platform for the agile implementation, maintenance and curation of experimentation pipelines by embracing a DevOps approach.