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How to Define DevOps
Hundreds of definitions exist for DevOps. Here, we have captured three in which we highlighted essential elements by underlying them. As you can see, these elements stand for something larger than an intangible but also applicable to enterprise-wide IT improvement and continuous innovation of the IT capability. Key points: Source: DASA DevOps Fundamentals coursebook.
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Why Shared Accountability of Teams is Crucial for High-performing Teams
Joined team responsibility is a primary characteristic of high-performing teams. In a DevOps team, the shared responsibility for Development and Operations is also a defining characteristic. It is easy for the Development team not to be interested in the operation and maintenance of a system when handed over to another team. However, if the Development…
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The Business Benefits of DevOps
We live in interesting times in which innovations emerge at an increasing pace. Many startups and new companies have completely displaced or destabilized existing industries. Many organizations have started to tear down the walls between business and IT, and even thicker walls between technical departments within IT. They have replaced their technical departments with organizational…
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The Importance of Behaviour in a DevOps Environment
The behavior of people shows the culture of an organization. Which behaviors can you define, which would fit a DevOps environment? Did you think of these terms? These are all relevant statements, but none of them is real behavior. Try to define behavior in terms of “what you see someone do or hear someone say.”…
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DevOps: A Boy Named Sue
Everyone has an opinion about DevOps. Similar to what has happened to cloud, Agile, Lean and Scrum, this unavoidably leads to cult behavior. Strong beliefs, not only on what it really is but also how it should be integrated with current organizational and technological practices, lead to fierce discussions and multipolar behaviors. But does it…
