2. DevOps Two Sides of the Same Coin
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DevOps Two Sides of the Same Coin
Steven Borg
Co-Founder and Strategist
Northwest Cadence
@stevenborg
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Perspective
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5. DevOps–a definition
“DevOps is the union of people, process, and products to enable continuous delivery of value to our end users”
- Donovan Brown, Microsoft

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Our dev roots
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7. Software Development Matures. So must we.
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Software Development Matures. So must we.
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9. 1. Internalize Modern DevOps
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1. Internalize Modern DevOps
DevOps is not Dev or Ops, it’s both (and more)
Understand and appreciate the different DevOps perspectives
All about Quality, Cycle Time and Speed to Market
How we took this step
Laser like focus on skills needed to move faster
Natural progression from agile and lean software development?
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10. DevOps–quality and cycle time
“High-performing IT organizations experience 60X fewer failures and recover from failure 168X faster than their lower-performing peers. They also deploy 30X more frequently with 200X shorter lead times.”
- Puppet Labs, 2015 DevOps Report

11. 2. Get Your Team Ready Find the right team members Training
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2. Get Your Team Ready
Find the right team members
From your existing team, and externally
Training
Not just technical training, but viewpoint and attitude
How we took this step
Hired. And fired.
Water-cooler conversations
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12. 3. Revisit Your Customer Facing Story and Approach
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3. Revisit Your Customer Facing Story and Approach
Update your marketing and positioning
Website, marketing materials, elevator pitch… everything
Test your messaging, again and again
How we took this step
Internalized our own definition of DevOps
Water-cooler conversations
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13. 4. Embrace the Cloud DevOps is speed. So is the Cloud.
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4. Embrace the Cloud
DevOps is speed. So is the Cloud.
Azure provides a common platform
Can deliver an automated build pipeline with infrastructure as code 6x as fast
Re-usable scripts
How we took this step
Haltingly, with lots of mis-steps
Training, re-training and un-training
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14. 5. Broaden Your Microsoft Partnership
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5. Broaden Your Microsoft Partnership
Embrace Azure
Microsoft is encouraging Azure, and this helped us align
Embrace new competencies
Don’t miss Mitra’s presentation tomorrow! (CE300, Tuesday 1-2pm) Go beyond “building apps”: Build your business and results
How we took this step
Waltzing with bears
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