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Discovering Rivers and
Building Bridges
DevOps @ CWT
Donnie Berkholz
VP, Service Delivery – Enterprise IT
CWT 1.0
2
Business
travelers
Travel
manager People
CWT 3.0
3
Business
travelers
Travel
manager
People
& technology
The opportunity
 Create vs maintain
 Buy-in
 Blending ITIL and DevOps
4
Products &
Technology
The challenge
 Silos
 BAU
 Fog of war
 Inertia
5
3
The principles
 Product ownership
 Time to value
 Organizational alignment
6
??%
First steps
 Sharing & empathy
 Building momentum
 “Customer” focus
 Rolling releases
7
Discovering rivers & building bridges: DevOps @ CWT
Discovering rivers & building bridges: DevOps @ CWT

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Discovering rivers & building bridges: DevOps @ CWT

Editor's Notes

  • #2: One of the biggest companies you’ve never heard of. 18,000+ employees. In 2016, 59 million transactions and $23 billion in transaction volume. History goes back to 1872 (Wagon-Lits) and 1888 (Ask Mr. Foster)
  • #3: So why 3.0? Way back in the days of paper tickets and green-screen technology, CWT lead the way in personal service. This was 1.0 and it was all about people.
  • #4: CWT 3.0 is about delivering seamless experience through people AND technology to bridge individual wants and corporate needs. So, in short…
  • #5: 100+ year old company New leadership, new org structure (P&T) Blending ITIL and DevOps