Shahzad Zafar

Manager, Cerner Corporation

@m_shahzad_z

IS IT A DEV PROBLEM? IS IT AN OPS PROBLEM?

NO, IT’S A DEVOPS PROBLEM!

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WHAT IS DEVOPS?

According to wikipedia:

DevOps is a software development method that stresses communication, collaboration and integration between software developers and information

technology (IT) operations professionals.

WHAT IS IT NOT…

WHY DO WE WANT IT?

To deliver projects fast

Attain business value faster

With higher quality

WHY IS IT* A PROBLEM?

Two different organizations with

Competing priorities

Different measuring stick

Independent organization structure

* Getting the teams to work in a DEVOPS mode

WHY IS IT A PROBLEM?

WHY IS IT A PROBLEM?

Lack of visibility to priorities on each side

WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS HAVE YOU SEEN?

WHAT WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE

WHAT IT CAN LOOK LIKE

5 DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM

BRINGING TEAMS TOGETHER

Co-location

Not just in the same building, but sitting next to each other

BRINGING TEAMS TOGETHER

Joint Ops Scrum

Ideally, run as Kanban, with daily review of priorities

JOINT ACTIVITIES

Dev teams sit in the deployments (and feel the pain )

Ops teams sit in design sessions, code review, releases etc.

Build tools to help both set of activities

JOINT PLANNING

Regular Leadership Sync

As leaders, need to change mindset from them / their to us / ours

Give Ops a voice in Dev priorities and vice versa(hard thing to do)

Not all Dev teams/projects need an Ops counterpart

ALIGNING GOALS

Success factor for each side should align to the same end goal(even harder to do)

At minimum, understanding and respecting each others’ goals

And learning to work within those constraints

QUESTIONS