our devops journey - an exercise in cultural change
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OUR DEVOPS JOURNEY:An Exercise in Changing Culture
VICTORIA BLESSING➤ Operations Engineer, College of Architecture,
Texas A&M University➤ Graduated from Texas A&M in 2014 ➤ Recruited to DevOps bandwagon in 2013➤ Professional Yak Shaver
“YAK SHAVING”
https://www.flickr.com/photos/snapperwolf/6952219933/
“YAK SHAVING”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trXjZ70ab1Q
We have a culture problem?
“Developers need to understand infrastructure. Operations people need to understand code. People need to f**king work with each other and not just occupy space next to each other.
-John Vincent
http://blog.lusis.org/
DEVOPS CAN’T BE SUCCESSFUL
WITHOUT A CULTURE SHIFT
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford
You need this book
THE PHOENIX PROJECT
➤Main Lessons 1.There are 4 types of work 2.Work-in-progress is the silent killer 3.Unplanned work accrues technical debt 4.Bottlenecks constrain work
THE PHOENIX PROJECT
➤The Four Types of Work 1.Business projects 2. Infrastructure projects 3.Changes 4.Unplanned work
THE PHOENIX PROJECT
➤The Three Ways 1.Systems thinking 2.Amplify feedback loops 3.Culture of continual experimentation
and learning
AFTER WE ESTABLISHED OUR DEVOPS CULTURE, THE REST WAS EASY(sort of)
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENTS ARE ADVERSE TO CHANGE
…not to mention one as rooted in tradition as Texas A&M (whoop!)
SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE
➤ Initial Evangelism
➤ Workshops, lots of emails
➤ Getting a bite, and putting together a team
➤ Closing a deal
ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A CULTURE CHANGE?
(and adopt Chef too)
