What is DevOps, Really?

Andrew Phillips, XebiaLabs, VP Products

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Agenda

• A very short DevOps primer

• From hauling blades to writing code

• DevOps = “Dev Dev” + “Ops Dev”

• Beyond “Dev and Ops”

A very short DevOps primer

DevOps is a methodology/approach ("Agile Operations“)

A very short DevOps primer

Frequent emphasis today: tooling (config management, Infrastructure as Code…)

A very short DevOps primer

“Don’t copy what the masters do, think the way they think”

A very short DevOps primer

It’s not that enterprises don’t know this…but how to start the process?

From hauling blades to writing code

We don’t do a lot of this anymore…

From hauling blades to writing code

Operations is now a software development discipline!

From hauling blades to writing code

Software development comes with tooling and processes

From hauling blades to writing code

DevOps = “applying today’s most popular development methodology to Ops”

– regular communication

– small batches of work

– iterative approach (usually with CI/CD etc.)

DevOps = “Dev Dev” + “Ops Dev”

Common outcome: organization with two development departments

DevOps = “Dev Dev” + “Ops Dev”

Common outcome: organization with two development departments

DevOps = “Dev Dev” + “Ops Dev”

Common outcome: organization with two development departments

DevOps = “Dev Dev” + “Ops Dev”

Common outcome: organization with two development departments

Beyond “Dev and Ops”

Potential 1 + 1 = 3 opportunity: Devops?

Beyond “Dev and Ops”

Is there a Right Answer?

Summary

• Operations has become a software-defined endeavour

• DevOps = applying “Dev Dev” methodologies, practices and tooling to “Ops Dev”

• Having two development teams as a result works perfectly well for many organizations

• Creating end-to-end development teams is an option that promises benefits, but also challenges

• Figuring out which approach works best for you, and implementing that, is “thinking the way the masters think”

And now?

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