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Layeth the SMACeth Down(eth)

Layeth the SMACeth Down(eth)

My Ignite talk from DevOpsDays Chicago 2014
A talk for those disillusioned by the nebulous intangibility of DevOps, those struggling with cultural change, and looking for a path through the fog. I've tried to distill a simple system for getting the wheels in motion, and keeping them rolling.

Steve Pereira

October 09, 2014
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  1. DevOps ~ 3rd order Cybernetics "The scientific study of control

    and communication in the animal and the machine.” Norbert Wiener
 1948 @jeffsussna http://j.mp/3rdcybernetics @dromologue
  2. The Three Ways • Systems Thinking • Amplify Feedback Loops

    • Culture of Continual Experimentation and Learning http://j.mp/devopsways
  3. Everyone talks about Culture as the key to DevOps success.

    But when you try to tackle culture head on…
  4. DevOps is hard and nebulous. I’m hungry. My ankle hurts.

    Someone took my stapler… You give up before you’ve even started. You quickly find:
  5. Measure: • Your current state (value stream) • Your planned

    state (your definition of done) • Your roadblocks • Your progress • Your failures
  6. Control: • Be consistent • Be pragmatic • Start small

    and grow • Plan and iterate • Focus
  7. Le Culture: • Grows out of progress • Grows out

    of rituals • Grows out of shared experience • Grows out of movement • Grows out of cultivation finally,
  8. Confidence is born from successfully executing on the SMAC process.

    ! Confidence breeds the trust that enables freedom and unhindered velocity. Confidence
  9. My Prescription: • Create a value stream map and share

    it • Identify bottlenecks and share them • Examine your definition of done and share • Publish the backlog • Share your wins and failures