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DEVOPSwhat’s in a word

Patrick Debois - Devopsdays DownUnder 2011Friday 22 July 2011

DEVOPSis everywhere

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DEVOPS

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DEV OPS

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HISTORICAL DRIVER #1

Agile (Development)

BUSINESS TESTDEVProject Mgr

OPS

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Agile (Development)


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OPS

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Agile (Development)


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PRESSURE ON OPS

OPS

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BUSINESS OPSTESTDEVProject Mgr

Virtualization/CloudLarge Scale (Web)ops

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BUSINESS OPSTESTDEVProject Mgr

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Virtualization/CloudLarge Scale (Web)ops

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3 Layers of DEVOPS

OPSDEV

People

Process

Tools

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OPSDEV

People

Process

Tools

Tool enablers: Automation and TestingFriday 22 July 2011

OPSDEV

People

Process

Tools Continuous Delivery


OPSDEV

People

Process

Tools Continuous Delivery Infrastructure as Code


OPSDEV

People

Process


People Enablers: Multi Disciplinary CollaborationFriday 22 July 2011

OPSDEV

People

Process


People Enablers: Multi Disciplinary Collaboration

Developers

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OPSDEV

People

Process



Developers Sysadmins

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OPSDEV

People

Process



Developers Sysadmins

Testers

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OPSDEV

Small and frequent successful iterationsFriday 22 July 2011

Creates a feedback loop

OPSDEV

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OPSDEV

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OPSDEVBeing Professional

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OPSDEVBeing Professional

Fosters Collaboration

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OPSDEV

Increases TrustBeing Professional

Fosters Collaboration

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OPSDEV


Generates RespectFosters Collaboration

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OPSDEV


Generates RespectFosters Collaboration

Stop being an asshole

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OPSDEV

creating a cross-silo positive feedback loopFriday 22 July 2011

As part of the bigger feedback loop

BUSINESS MARKETOPSDEV

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Time to Market

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Faster Feedback

Time to Market

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Faster Feedback

Time to Market

Frictionless IT

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#1 DEVOPS Questionhow do I get started?

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It’s no different from introducing any other change

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Be ready to face the critics

Tip 1

there will be resistance

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OPSDEVis a SCAM

http://teddziuba.com/2011/03/devops-scam.htmlFriday 22 July 2011

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OPSDEVis nothing new

LeanKanbanAgile

TocReliable EngineeringAutomation

TestingScrumConfig MgmtSystems Thinking

Critic 1

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OPSDEVtrue, difference is, devops actively seeks

cross-silo collaboration by applying existing concepts

LeanKanbanAgile

TocReliable EngineeringAutomation

TestingScrumConfig MgmtSystems Thinking

Critic 1

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OPSDEVwe’ve been doing #devops before there was a term

Critic 2

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OPSDEVgood for you!

now that we have term we can tag/share stories.

Why don’t you share yours?

Critic 2

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OPSDEVis a bad name

Critic 3

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akabussdevtestqanetsecsysnetops

OPSDEVis a bad name

Critic 3

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aka*-ops

OPSDEVis a bad name

Critic 3

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OPSDEVsomehow the term stuck,

it’s not important.

#devops is inclusive,Think *dev*ops*

Critic 3

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OPSDEVis too ops centric

Critic 4

is too dev centricis too ...... centric

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OPSDEVpeople have different backgrounds.

Therefore their collaboration focus will vary

Critic 4

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OPSDEVis too broad

there are 20+ definitions

Critic 5

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OPSDEVSimilar to cloud,

but does that make it any less useful?

Collaboration can take many forms. Only by doing it you realize full potential

Critic 5

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OPSDEVis too tools centric

not enough business focused

Critic 6

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OPSDEVit’s NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT NOT

NOT NOT NOT about the toolsbut tools can help collaboration

it’s the way you use the tools

Critic 6

PackagingDeployment

LoggingConfig Mgt

Monitoringif used for cross-silo feedback?

devopsyes

no

opsFriday 22 July 2011

OPSDEVis only for

startups & small businesses

Critic 7

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OPSDEVcollaboration is easier

in startups but ... large orgs need it more

Critic 7

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OPSDEV

is not gonna workaround here

Critic 8

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OPSDEVpeople said the same thing about

collaboration ideas likefacebook, wikipedia, wiki

a horizontal mindset breaks barriers

Critic 8

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OPSDEVwill decrease security

Critic 9

all devs have root accessaka

aka

you can’t audit a continuous deployment

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OPSDEVrepeatable process improves audit-able

Critic 9

faster feedback prevents failure in production

shared responsibility != no responsibility

it’s about continuous (value) delivery not deployment

multiple eyes principle appliesFriday 22 July 2011

OPSDEVwill render OPS obsolete

Critic 10

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OPSDEVcloud/saas abstraction

changes the context

Critic 10

monitor, backup, failover, ...will occur at a different level

every abstraction is ‘leaky’

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OPSDEVthe separation is blurring

Critic 10

collaborating specialists

context changes roles

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OPSDEVautomation frees time

Critic 10

to spend on design and on things that matter

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OPSDEVrequires ‘elite’ people

Critic 11

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OPSDEVeverybody can collaborate

Critic 11

cross-training helpsnot asshole-proof though

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OPSDEV

is a buzz word and will die soon

nothing more than cumbaya

Critic 12

has jumped the shark

has been taken over by the vendorsFriday 22 July 2011

OPSDEVsurveys shows increase in collaboration

Critic 12

is currently a differentiator and will become a given

tools vendors - only fools belief tools can solve their ‘human’ level problems

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don’t spend too much time with the nay-sayers.

focus on finding allies

Tip 2

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seek management support

if not , impact will be limited

Tip 3

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pick a small project and make it work.

Success builds trust better than anything else

Tip 4

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pick a problem area where there is real pain.

This increases willingness for change

Tip 5

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show don’t tell

Tip 6

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be bold go beyond your traditional silo

is someone really stopping you ?

Tip 7

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celebrate successgive credit to people

communicate results

Tip 8

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measure improvements

Tip 9

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retrospective

inspect and adapt

Tip 10

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OPSDEV

if you have a devops team,you’re doing it wrong

should we have a separate devops team?

Question 1

devops is not a jobtitleFriday 22 July 2011

OPSDEVan initial change team/taskforce

makes sense (temporary)

Question 1

the term is currently a good SEO term for hiring

open minded peopleFriday 22 July 2011

OPSDEV

how to measure success?

Question 2

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OPSDEVyou can’t directly

measure collaboration.(black-hole theory)

measure it through other results.Increase in quality/performance/...

Question 2

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OPSDEV

where is the manifesto?

Question 3

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OPSDEVre-read the agile manifestowith a more open mindset

Question 3

a specific devops manifesto is kind of counter-intuitive

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OPSDEVhow do you make it work with ITIL?

Question 4

does it replace ITIL?Friday 22 July 2011

OPSDEVnothing in ITIL excludes collaboration

Question 4

most implementations became bureaucratic and avoid change.

That should be uncontrolled changeFriday 22 July 2011

OPSDEV

Idea of an ‘reverse engineered/manual’ CMDB is changing

Question 4

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OPSDEV

Question 4

automation drives “standard changes”tests create “objective” acceptance

CAB becomes new bottleneckvs ‘Let the team decide’

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OPSDEVis there a

‘Windows’ devops?

Question 5

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OPSDEVit’s not about the tools.

At the tools level, Windows world has a more GUI , closed source history

people are working on it.

Question 5

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OPSDEVis there a devops

certification?

Question 6

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OPSDEVreally?

last thing we need isa process police

Question 6

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OPSDEV

so where is the #!?#! cookbook?

Question 7

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OPSDEV

guiding principles

Agile Lean Kanban engineering practices

Question 7

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OPSDEV

it’s rather new.give us a break,

we’re still collecting data

Question 7

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OPSDEV

most stories are on technical/tools level

infrastructure as code continuous deliverytesting

Question 7

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OPSDEV

need more stories on the process level

Question 7

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OPSDEVpair admin + developerdevelopers wear pagers

rotate roles/responsibilitiesuse of kanban in ops

devops and ITILpost-mortem as feedback

...

Question 7

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OPSDEVit’s a grass roots

movement.This is your chance!

Question 7

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OPSDEVhelp us with your stories

Question 7

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OPSDEVthat’s what devopsdays

is about

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OPSDEV

Thank you for being here!

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OPSDEVThank you for being

awesome!

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OPSDEVis a verb !

Enabling, Participating, Improving the feedback loop

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