A series of advice blogs from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 presenters. We all know that for DevOps to truly be as successful as it can be, it's best to get the business on board. But how do you translate something from IT to the rest of the business? Top experts from DevOps Enterprise Summit are here to help. “Organizations who develop software need to realize the truth that 'Business' and 'IT' are the same thing. You'd never build a car with a hard separation between marketing, design, and … [Read more...]
Creating Small Successes to Prove DevOps Works
A series of advice blogs from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 presenters. We've all heard that the key to DevOps is small successes that you build upon. But what do those small successes actually look like? How do you start? Top experts from DevOps Enterprise Summit are here to weigh in. “Pick a team. Automate the build and deploy process with no human touches between commit and deploy. That one step removes significant variability and defect generation. Stabilize your quality signal, even if it … [Read more...]
How to Convince Reluctant Developers to Embrace DevOps
A series of advice blogs from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 presenters. We've all met that colleague. The one who just won't get behind DevOps. No matter their reasons, here's some great advice on what to say to those reluctant colleagues from top experts from DevOps Enterprise Summit. “We say 'Deploy more. Sleep better.' This of course assumes the developer has quality ownership. If the developer can use Grenade Driven Development to hand off the pain of poor quality and is only responsible … [Read more...]
Understanding Why Organizations Behave the Way They Do: Top Lessons Learned from The Idealcast
In Gene Kim's continued quest to understand why organizations behave the way they do, he embarked on a journey of learning this last year, and he invited us all along with him. The Idealcast's first season saw some of the more influential leaders in tech talking about everything from the MIT beer game to feedback loops and how to structure architecture. As Season 1 comes to a close, we look back on the top lessons learned over 14 episodes. Digital Disruption and the Five Ideals DevOps and … [Read more...]
Advice on Getting Teams to Accept Change
A series of advice blogs from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 presenters. Change is always hard. And harder for some than others. In this post, we continue our series of advice blogs from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2020 presenters. What is your top advice for getting teams to accept change? "Bring them information on how it makes their lives better. Have engineers who've worked this way evangelize this way of working. Those of us who've been on this journey for a while will not go back to … [Read more...]
The Five Dimensions of Transformational Leadership
Excerpted from the DevOps Enterprise Forum guidance paper Transformational Leadership: A Quick Start Guide by John Esser, Sr., Dr. Nicole Forsgren, Chivas Nambiar, Julia Wester, and Dan Zentgraf. 1. Vision Vision is the expression of a desired picture of the future based around organizational values and should answer this basic question: What do we want to become? In addition to knowing and understanding direction, transformational leaders must be able to clearly communicate the vision and … [Read more...]
