A DevOps journey: why the sociotechnical architecture is important

In recent years, we observed some DevOps transformations across the globe. Like any transformation, there are uncertainty and pain from it, given the teams and people are asked to change their values, principles and practices.

One of the aspects of a DevOps transformation is the impacts on the culture of the organisation, mainly on the social structures. With the ambition of breaking silos, it also forces people to create new relationships, given the team composition changes. The new DevOps teams gain new capabilities, are their scope changes. The potential cascading effects are the misalignment with the business goals and miss the fundamental point of DevOps, eliminate waste.

Join João and Kenny on their journey of the recent past, where they were involved on DevOps transformations. During the transformations, they applied some heuristics from Sociotechnical Architecture and Domain-Driven Design to accelerate the business capabilities of the DevOps teams. They will share the lessons learned, from the pitfalls, failures and successes!

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1. A DevOps journey: why the sociotechnical architecture is important
2. Photo by Mimi Thian on Unsplash DevOps is not a goal, but a never-ending process of continual improvement Jez Humble “ @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
3. 3 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
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5. Cargo Cult @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
6. @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Discussing “DevOps” tools. A holy war on my tool vs your tool! Photo by Lachlan Donald on Unsplash
7. @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Photo by Ankit Patel on Unsplash Architects should focus on engineers and outcomes, not tools or technologies Nicole Forsgren “
8. 8 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Copyright Alistair Cockburn - https://twitter.com/totheralistair/status/978413240182034432 Individuals and Interactions Over Processes and Tools
9. 9 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Agile ≠ https://wiki.almworks.com/display/structure/Structure+on+Agile+Boards Jira Over Individuals and Interactions
10. Photo by Timon Studler on Unsplash Investments in technology are also investments in people, and these investments will make our technology process more sustainable Nicole Forsgren “ @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
11. Sociotechnical systems Photo by frank mckenna on Unsplash @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
12. Shifting the burden to the intervenor Photo by Wil Stewart on Unsplash @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
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16. Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas You should certainly take universally useful principles (...) you need to also be mindful of how your culture will react / respond. Simon Wardley “
17. 17 Strategic Software Delivery Consultants Domain-Driven Design Continuous Delivery - EventStorming - Visual collaborators - Facilitators @kenny_baas baasie.com @joaoasrosa joaorosa.io
18. @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Photo by REVOLT on Unsplash
19. 19 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas https://www.managementboek.nl/boek/9781138361584/the-corporate-tribe-engels-danielle-braun
20. Photo by Benjamin Child on Unsplash @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
21. @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Photo by Kevin Erdvig on Unsplash Meetings as campfires
22. Photo by Alexis Brown on Unsplash Listen to seek understanding, not to respond! @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
23. 23 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas http://www.liberatingstructures.com/ls-menu
24. Photo by DESIGNECOLOGIST on Unsplash Create the master plan to rule the DevOps journey @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
25. Provide guidance and support Create measurable outcomes @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
26. @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Photo by Jean-Frederic Fortier on Unsplash The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information George A. Miller “
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29. 29 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Wardley Maps @swardley
30. 30 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Impact Mapping @gojkoadzic
31. EventStorming @ziobrando @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
32. 32 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Wall of Tech Debt @mathiasverraes
33. @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas Photo by Micaela Parente on Unsplash
34. 34 If we have a system of improvement that is directed at improving the parts taken separately. You can be absolutely sure that the improvement of the whole will not be improved. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqEeIG8aPPk Russ Ackoff @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
35. Photo by NASA on Unsplash See the system as a whole Business and IT alignment @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
36. Domain-Driven Design Co-creating software models between business and IT @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
37. 37 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
38. 38 @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas 1. Pick the culture change needed for your context 2. Start having meaningful conversation, listen to understand 3. Don’t force your plan, guide with measurable outcomes 4. Visualise (socio) complexity 5. See the system as a whole, design shared models between business and IT Sociotechnical systems takeaways
39. Look for Sociotechnical Architects @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas
40. #CatTax @joaoasrosa @kenny_baas