Hunting The Devops Whale in Large Enterprises

Justin Arbuckle

VP EMEA, CHEFwith artwork by Matt

Kish

the narrative arc

Loomin

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Alliances and Prophets

Appearanc

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Challeng

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Captain

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Squal

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Spearin

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Sparin

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Hunter

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Sea and

Land

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3

“It is not down on any map; true places never are.”

• Go to sea.

• Building an authentic alliance

• Keeping your Compass by losing your centre

• Remembering your route

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Looming

Decide to “go to sea”. Stop being an observer. Have a point of

view. Don’t outsource it.

A problem looms. Always.

Consistency is the root of…

security

stability

Simplicity

Velocity is the destination.

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Land & Sea

this is the land:

Waterfall, big designs and slowly failing

projects.

this is the sea:

Open Source, Continuous Delivery,

Agile, MVP, DevOps and fast failing

projects.

But why?

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System

Customer Product Speed

Functions

on LAND

Relations

of the SEA

Alliance & Prophets

Beware of prophets of doom, find

your “Spouter Inn”

Find those who share the problem

and need to get to sea…

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Appearance

The looming idea becomes real.

Show them.

Early demonstrations to everybody.

You will know if others lack faith.

BEWARE THE CHASM!

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The Journey…getting to web-scale

Complex,

Inconsistent

, Static

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Elastic

Consistent

Migrate-able

the operating chasm

Increasing ecosystem drag

What:

ITIL

Who:

Auth

How:

API

Challenge

Set a challenge to SHOW the payoff -

full stack, short timeframe, visible.

faster = better design (!)

faster to MVP proves your process

Remember, you don’t have to (can’t)

pick just one!

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Hunters

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A. Separate certification of

compliance from testing

A. Assign a product owner for

compliance in the implementation

team.

A. Invite everyone to weekly sprint

demos

#whaleSausage

A dedicated team from across the

businesses

…who will return to shore one day.

You CANNOT be the centre. (That’s

Ahab’s way)

Don’t create a ‘devops’ team…never

seen again.

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Squall

Five Kinds, usually 2 at a time:

1. Technical

2. Organisational

3. Cultural

4. Commercial

5. Procedural

Every one is weathered by relying on the

spread of your alliance in the challenge

DECENTRE YOUR EXCELLENCE

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Spearing

Long hours, many failed

attempts...and finally success.

Small projects. Spread your bets.

Some will not have made it. Dont be

afraid to differentiate but draw them

back in for the next round.

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Automate Infrastructure

Infrastructure as a Service or ‘Cloud’

Continuous

Delivery

Full Devops

Concerns about

Speed

Concerns about

Compliance

Concerns

about Scale

the portfolio curve

Sparing

Your first challenge should result in

a platform for the next.

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The Archetypes All of them at some time…

Ahab

Starbuck Ishmael

the Whale

Queequeg

ja@getchef.com

@dromologue

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