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Accelerate Your
DevOps Journey
Nathen Harvey
Developer Advocate, Google
@nathenharvey
01We have a
problem
Incentives are not aligned
Incentives are not aligned
Developers
Agility
Operators
Stability
Incentives are not aligned
The Business
Incentives are not aligned
The Business IT
Just who is the business?
The Business IT
Why is the business?
DevOps
DevOps is…
Accelerate Your DevOps Journey
DevOps is…
An that aims to
increase software delivery , improve service ,
and build among software stakeholders.
Accelerate Your DevOps Journey
DevOps does…
Accelerate Your DevOps Journey
cloud.google.com/devops
Software Delivery & Operations Performance
Speed Stability
02
Software
Delivery and
Operational
performance
is key
Accelerate Your DevOps Journey
208 TIMES
MORE
elite performers106 TIMES
FASTER
7 TIMES
LOWER
2,604 TIMES
FASTER
2019 Accelerate: State of DevOps
Yes and Yes
Yes and Yes
Velocity and Reliability
Yes and Yes
Productivity and Job satisfaction
03
Cloud drives
performance
On-demand self-service
Broad network access
Resource pooling
Rapid elasticity
Measured service
Cloud
Only 29% of
respondents
met all 5
characteristics
of cloud
computing
On-demand self-service
Broad network access
Resource pooling
Rapid elasticity
Measured service
Elite performers
are 24x more
likely to have met
characteristics
of cloud
computing
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04Culture
If something breaks…
When something breaks…
Failure leads to scapegoating
It was not my fault!
Failure leads to scapegoating Failure leads to justice
It was not my fault! Justice must be served!
Failure leads to scapegoating Failure leads to justice Failure leads to enquiry
It was not my fault! Justice must be served! Let's investigate the system!
1. On my team, information is actively sought.
2. Messengers are not punished when they deliver news of failures or other
bad news.
3. On my team, responsibilities are shared.
4. On my team, cross-functional collaboration is encouraged and rewarded.
5. On my team, failure causes inquiry.
6. On my team, new ideas are welcomed.
Pathological (power-oriented) Bureaucratic (rule-oriented) Generative (performance-oriented)
Low cooperation Modest cooperation High cooperation
Messengers shot Messengers neglected Messengers trained
Responsibilities shirked Narrow responsibilities Risks are shared
Bridging discouraged Bridging tolerated Bridging encouraged
Failure leads to scapegoating Failure leads to justice Failure leads to enquiry
Novelty crushed Novelty leads to problems Novelty implemented
Westrum organizational culture
Westrum RA typology of organisational cultures. BMJ Quality & Safety 2004;13:ii22-ii27.
http://bmj.co/1BRGh5q
How to change culture?
How to change culture?
How to change culture?
How to change culture?
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/403/nummi
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-to-change-a-culture-lessons-from-nummi/
“What changed the culture was giving
employees the means by which they
could successfully do their jobs. It
was communicating clearly to
employees what their jobs were and
providing the training and tools to
enable them to perform those jobs
successfully.”
—John Shook
Culture
impacts
performance
Culture
impacts
performance
Culture
impacts
performance
05Applying the
Research
cloud.google.com/devops
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Less Rework
Less Rework
Continuous
Delivery
Less Rework
Technical Practices
Continuous
Delivery
Less Rework
Technical Practices
Test Automation
Continuous
Testing
Deployment
Automation
Version Control
Trunk-based
Development
Test Data
Management
Shift Left on
Security
Monitoring &
Observability
Loosely Coupled
Architecture
Proactive
Notifications
Empowered
Teams
Code
Maintainability
Database Change
Management
Continuous
Integration
Continuous
Delivery
Transformational Leadership
Less Rework
Technical Practices
Test Automation
Continuous
Testing
Deployment
Automation
Version Control
Trunk-based
Development
Test Data
Management
Shift Left on
Security
Monitoring &
Observability
Loosely Coupled
Architecture
Proactive
Notifications
Empowered
Teams
Code
Maintainability
Database Change
Management
Continuous
Integration
Continuous
Delivery
Transformational Leadership
Vision
Inspirational
Communication
Intellectual
Stimulation
Supportive
Leadership
Personal
Recognition
Less Rework
Technical Practices
Test Automation
Continuous
Testing
Deployment
Automation
Version Control
Trunk-based
Development
Test Data
Management
Shift Left on
Security
Monitoring &
Observability
Loosely Coupled
Architecture
Proactive
Notifications
Empowered
Teams
Code
Maintainability
Database Change
Management
Continuous
Integration
Continuous
Delivery
Group Discussions
1. Select an outcome
2. Which capabilities are preventing progress?
https://bit.ly/dora-bfd
3. What should we do next to improve these
capabilities?
Focus resources on what is currently
holding you back, then iterate: Identify
constraints and choose the next target.
Rother, M. (2009) Toyota Kata. McGraw-Hill Education.
It takes work.
It takes work.
We don’t have to do it all at once.
It takes work.
We don’t have to do it all at once.
will most likely fail if we try
What works?
What doesn’t?
Bottom-up or grassroots
Training centers
Centers of excellence
Communities of practice
A big bang approach
Elite teams favor
strategies that
create community
structures
Communities of practice
Grassroots
Proof of Concept (POC) as a
template
POC as seed
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