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Common DevOps Myths

June 24, 2020 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

Adapted from The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, and John Willis. Myth—DevOps is Only for Startups While DevOps practices have been pioneered by the web-scale, Internet “unicorn” companies such as Google, Amazon, Netflix, and Etsy, each of these organizations has, at some point in their history, risked going out of business because of the problems associated with more traditional “horse” organizations: highly dangerous code releases that were prone to catastrophic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, The DevOps Handbook Tagged With: devops, devops handbook, devops myths, Gene Kim, jes humble, John Willis, myths, patrick debois

An Imaginary Apology Letter From Your Airline CEO

June 7, 2017 by Gene Kim 10 Comments

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I spent this morning reflecting on everything I had learned and experienced in the past two days at the London DevOps Enterprise Summit, which I co-hosted. I was so inspired by all the amazing tales of courageous business transformation by the amazing technology leaders representing almost every industry vertical. And then I ran into this article, which I found utterly dismaying. It quoted how Willie Walsh, CEO of International Airlines Group, parent of British Airways, responded to the BA … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DevOps Community, The DevOps Handbook Tagged With: blame, CEO, failure

Citations from The DevOps Handbook

November 28, 2016 by Gene Kim Leave a Comment

I wrote previously about some of the statistics about The DevOps Handbook: 5+ years in the making 23 chapters 48 case studies 101,365 words (134,000 with the index) 48 images 509 endnotes 192 footnotes Personally, I have a tremendous sense of satisfaction about the 509 endnotes. In some ways, the citations (in the form of endnotes) show the foundations that the book is built upon, both in the principles, practices, metrics and case studies. Because of the nature of this book, unlike … [Read more...]

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How to Integrate Operations Into the Daily Work of Development

November 7, 2016 by Gene Kim 1 Comment

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Part 4 of 4: Where to Start with DevOps Series: Integrating Ops & Dev In this on where to start with DevOps, we have explored a variety of ways to think about your DevOps transformations. We broke down the three key components to consider in choosing a starting place: Selecting Which Value Stream to Start With. We covered how value is delivered to the customer and how to improve flow: Understand the Work in Our Value Stream and Improving Flow. We learned about developing the habits and … [Read more...]

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How to Design With Conway’s Law in Mind

October 31, 2016 by Gene Kim 2 Comments

Part 3 of 4: Where to Start with DevOps Series Over the past few weeks, we have been discussing the necessary steps to start your DevOps transformation. We covered the three key components to consider in choosing a starting place in this post: Selecting Which Value Stream to Start With We covered how value is delivered to the customer and how to improve flow in this post: Understand the Work in Our Value Stream and Improving Flow This week we are learning how and why to design with Conway's … [Read more...]

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Understanding the Work in Our Value Stream and Improving Flow

October 24, 2016 by Gene Kim 1 Comment

Part 2 of 4: Where to Start with DevOps Series In our last post, I highlighted how to identify a value stream to which you can begin to apply DevOps principles and patterns in this post: Selecting Which Value Stream to Start With Our next step in our DevOps transformation is to gain a sufficient understanding of how value is delivered to the customer, by evaluating what work is performed, by whom, and what steps we can take to improve flow. Let us begin by identifying the teams supporting … [Read more...]

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Where to Start with DevOps: Selecting which Value Stream to Start With

October 17, 2016 by Gene Kim 5 Comments

Part 1 of 4: Where to Start with DevOps Series Choosing the best value stream for your DevOps transformation deserves careful consideration. Not only does the value stream you choose dictate the difficulty of your transformation, but it also dictates who will be involved in the transformation, how you organize teams, and how you can best enable those teams and the individuals within them. Determining whether to Start with a Greenfield or Brownfield Project Originally used for urban planning … [Read more...]

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The Three Ways Revisited | The DevOps Handbook

October 6, 2016 by Robyn Crummer-Olson Leave a Comment

Wondering if The DevOps Handbook is for you? Authors, Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois and John Willis developed this book for anyone looking to transform their IT organization—especially those who want to make serious changes through the DevOps methodology in order to increase productivity, profitability and win the marketplace. It is the all-inclusive guide for planning and executing DevOps transformations while providing background on the history of DevOps and dozens of case studies to … [Read more...]

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The DevOps Handbook | Debunking DevOps Myths

October 3, 2016 by Robyn Crummer-Olson Leave a Comment

Despite its rise in popularity, there are still a number of fallacies circulating around DevOps. While successful business and IT transformation case studies abound, these myths have unfortunately led some leaders and organizations to believe that DevOps principles and practices are not suitable or relevant to their unique situations. The DevOps Handbook co-authors and DevOps pioneers - Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois and John Willis – have found that companies generally face similar … [Read more...]

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CASE STUDY: The Birth of Automated Testing at Google in 2005

September 29, 2016 by Gene Kim 1 Comment

The DevOps Handbook (download the free excerpt) is now available. This is one of over 40 case studies you will find in the book. The inside story on the problems the GWS team at Google needed to solve in 2005 that resulted in one of the most admired cultures of automated testing around. By implementing the right principles and patterns, Development and QA are using production-like environments in their daily work, and we are successfully integrating and running our code into a … [Read more...]

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