As we learned in Part 1 of the American Airlines' DevOps transformation, their journey spanned several years. By year three they had realized that DevOps was really a bigger transformation than just a way of working in IT, it was a business transformation. How to Scale DevOps Across the Business Their next challenge became how to scale these new ways of working across the entire business, to accelerate and further execute their transformation and their learnings. They brought in Ross Clanton as … [Read more...]
Approaching Cruising Altitude: American Airlines’ DevOps Journey Part 1
A few years back American Airlines started on a journey that was originally focused on DevOps transformation within IT, but has continued to build momentum and evolve into a product delivery transformation encompassing the entire business. This series of posts presents a case study on their journey, based on their 2020 DevOps Enterprise Summit - Virtual presentation. Stop Making Excuses and Get Started In the beginning, American Airlines’ DevOps journey grew out of a series of questions. The … [Read more...]
Advice on Helping Transform from Project to Product
A series of advice blogs from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 presenters. Moving from a project-centric to product-centric organization is on a lot of enterprises list. Continuing our series of advice blogs from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 presenters, we asked for advice on how to achieve this shift. What is your top advice to help an organization transform from a project to product approach? "First, there needs to be an understanding that project teams cannot compete against product … [Read more...]
Advice on Starting and Maintaining a Learning Culture
A series of advice blogs from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 presenters. How do you create a learning culture? "Learning demands vulnerability. When we authentically learn, we take a risk that we'll learn something about ourselves that changes our self-image. If you want to build a learning culture, you first have to build a culture of care. Care makes learning safe."—Matt K. Parker, author "It might seem silly, but just ask: 'What did we learn last week/sprint/year?" a lot."—Jon Moore, … [Read more...]
Advice on Starting a DevOps Transformation at a Large Enterprise
A series of advice blogs from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 presenters. How? It's a simple question, really. But just how do you start a DevOps transformation at a large enterprise? Like so many big endeavors, it's the simple act of how and when to take that first step that can be the most daunting. We pulled together advice from top leaders in the industry who have all had to take that first step. Here's what they have to say: How do you start a DevOps transformation? "You first need to … [Read more...]
