Post on 12-Apr-2017
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Chris Edwards
OpsDevApplying Lean & Agile Principles to Operations & More
Chief Architect, Kasasa
Slides and video will be posted on architester.com after the conference.
OpsDevWhat is ?
Clarity from a example.
Two goals of software organizations
ValueSpeed
to ServiceQuality
ofConflict
Optimize Preserve
ValueSpeed
to ServiceQuality
ofConflict
Optimize Preserve
OpsDev
OpsDev
OpsDev
QADev
This is a solved problem!
How?
Test Automation
Increased Collaboration
Moved QA to the front of the process
Embedded QA in the Team
Shared Responsibility & Shared Pain
Acceptance Criteria required for stories
Quality added to the definition of “done”
Feedback within minutes of commit!
QA is now “baked in” to our process!
OpsNow apply the same lean/agile principles for…
A DevOps Definition: Extending Lean & Agile principles to include the entire value chain
across all parts of a software organization
What would this look like?
Consider what Ops do…
How can we Automate?
IaaS, PaaS or Virtualization
Configuration Management Tools
Infrastructure as Code
Consistent Environment Creation
Fast Feedback on Production Readiness
Increased Collaboration
Embed Ops in the Team
Devs help support code in prod
Move Ops to the front of the process
Push to Production Early & Often
Definition of Done = Works in Production
Ops is now “baked in” to our process!
What about other parts of the org?
Pause for Review & Questions❖ Automation
❖ PaaS / IaaS / Virtualization ❖ Configuration Management ❖ Infrastructure as Code ❖ Consistent Environments
❖ Collaboration ❖ Embedding Ops on Team ❖ Devs carry the pager
❖ Moving Ops to the Front ❖ Push to prod early & often ❖ Done = Works In Prod
Slides and video will be posted on architester.com after the conference.
Theory of Constraints“Eliyahu M. Goldratt, who created the Theory of Constraints, showed us how any improvements made anywhere besides the bottleneck are an illusion.”
-Erik, The Phoenix Project
Optimize for the Whole“An orchestra is judged by listeners, not so much by illustrious players, but by the way they work together.”
-W. Edwards Deming
Continuous Improvement“Improving daily work is even more important than doing daily work.”
-Erik, The Phoenix Project
The Four Types of Work❖ Business Projects ❖ Internal IT Projects
❖ Changes & Maintenance ❖ Unplanned Work
How can I control unplanned work?
Make the Work Visible
Elevate Preventative Work
Automate Away Human Error
Shore Up Fragile Systems
What do I do about bottlenecks?
Identify the Bottleneck
Protect & Exploit the Bottleneck
Standardize Work
ResourcesDevOpsWhere do I go from here?
Slides and video will be posted on architester.com after the conference.
Slides and video will be posted on architester.com after the conference.
Attend a DevOps Days Event!
❖ Agile Austin DevOps Sig ❖ Austin DevOps Meetup
Attend Monthly Meetups
Questions?AnySlides and video will be posted on architester.com after the conference.
Email: ChrisEdwards357@gmail.com
Blog: http://architester.com
Twitter: @ChrisEdwards357
Github: http://github.com/chrisedwards
Who am I?
Chris EdwardsChief Architect, Kasasa
Slides and video will be posted on architester.com after the conference.