The Goat and the Silo

Michael Ducy“Goat Father” - Chef

@mfdii

What the What?

A goat is tied to a silo with a rope of length y, what is the grazing

area of the goat?

Have you lost your mind?Maybe.

A bit of history

A bit of history

A bit of history

A bit of history

A bit of history

Silos

DevOps Silo Rage

DevOps Silo Rage

DevOps Silo Historian

Silos are a Reflection of Organizational Structure

Silos are a reflection of the“IT Manufacturing Process”

“…tear down this [Silo]”

Who moved my grain?

Silos are a Reflection of Organizational Structure

Tear down Silos

Tear down the Organizational Structure

Cue the Angry Mob

Cue the Suppression

The Goat

Goats are Intelligent

Goats are Multi-Purpose

Goats are Multi-Purpose

Goats are Multi-Purpose

Goats are Multi-Purpose

Goats are Multi-Purpose

Goats are Multi-Purpose

The Goat and the Silo

Solving for Silos

• Cross Functional Teams– Teams built from a pool of talent with various skills– Teams work towards common goal, achieve goal,

then move on– Popular at “new” companies/divisions

Solving for Silos

• Cross Functional Teams– Already done many places for “projects”– Large scale this requires “blowing up” the entire

org– Creates new Silos

Solving for Silos

• DevOps team

– DevOp Engineers

– DevOp products

Solving for Silos

• DevOps team

– Team fails, thus DevOps is a failure

– Misses the point

Solving The Goat and the Silo

Solving The Goat and the Silo

Solving The Goat and the Silo

Silo of Goats

Solving The Goat and the Silo

Silos are a reflection of the“IT Manufacturing Process”

Solving the Manufacturing Problem

Solving the Manufacturing Problem

OS App DB Security

Focus on higher problems

Don’t hate the Silo

Hate the Grain Elevator

Perspective

Recap

• I am mostly sane• Hire Goats and give them rope• Ignore the cries of the Mob• Focus on the real issues of dysfunctional Silos– Poor Communication, Education, Collaboration– Poor Manufacturing processes– Fix the grain elevators

Questions?