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Devops in a brownfields
environment
by: Douglas Land
brownfields...
How about greyfields? You know, like greywater.
Common brownfields attributes
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medicine_man_c
uring_disease,_Australia._Wellcome_M0014472.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_Sausage_Making.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stott_Park_Bobbin_Mill_Steam_Engine.jpg
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ralls_Texas_Grain_Silos_2010.jpg
Define what devops means to you
3 ways? 5 whys? 12 factors? 31 flavors?
You can’t evangelize what you can’t define.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/duncan/3211453858/
Keep CALMS and carry on
Start by focusing on one or two: Culture, Automation, Lean,
Measurement, Sharing.
Cropped from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/antbaena/4587518836
Get everyone on your team on board
Talk to people’s pain points. Discuss real problems and how devops
approaches could help solve them.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stott_Park_Bobbin_Mill_Steam_Engine.jpg
Get everyone on your team on board
Build ways to offload work into your plans to make time for new
projects.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stott_Park_Bobbin_Mill_Steam_Engine.jpg
Define your objectives
… and how you measure (M in CALMS) progress
(Pro tip: use Maturity models)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/7214525854
Define objectives ~your~ team can meet
Start with small, internal projects to generate momentum as well as
enthusiasm.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/86530412@N02/7987532186
Minimal viable ducks
Iterate, break things into small doable pieces, don’t get intimidated by
scope, reduce it
https://www.flickr.com/photos/therussiansarehere/3124952543
Don’t be the tool
Once automation is in place it’s much easier to change your toolkits.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rusty_tools.JPG
Help others help you
Publish things like best practices and processes to help others
understand what you need or expect from them and why.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cdm/35919132
Get out of your own way
Do you add value to this process? If not, replace yourself with a small shell script.
The Customer is always right
Listen. Don’t be defensive. Do be open minded.
Get other teams on board
Now that you have a map to your shiny unicorn palace, start looking for
advocates on other teams.
http://pixabay.com/en/teamwork-suit-work-economy-finance-453484/
Create feedback loops
Don’t ever stop talking, meeting, measuring, reviewing and evaluating.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%B6bius_strip.jpg
You’re going to screw up
… and that’s OK!
https://openclipart.org/detail/175405/screw-man
Do SOMETHING
http://dion-raz.deviantart.com/art/ENTROPY-Y-U-NO-STOPPING-251392285
Thanks!
web: webuilddevops.com
email: doug@webuilddevops.com
twitter: @webuilddevops / @looprock

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Devops in Brownfields: A Guide to Success

Hinweis der Redaktion

  1. making sausage, legacy systems, tribal knowledge, silos
  2. You can’t evangelize what you can’t define.
  3. pick your battles and decide where to focus first
  4. You have GOT to have your team behind you, it’ll never work unless everyone pitches in Talk to people’s pain points and discuss real problems. Explain how devops approaches could help solve them. If your team is already stressed, make a plan and explain to them how you will offload work before introducing new concepts
  5. You have GOT to have your team behind you, it’ll never work unless everyone pitches in Talk to people’s pain points and discuss real problems. Explain how devops approaches could help solve them. If your team is already stressed, make a plan and explain to them how you will offload work before introducing new concepts
  6. (pst, this is part of the M in CALMS) You can’t improve what you don’t understand. Use Maturity Models to help you understand where you are and where you should be headed.
  7. Start with small, internal projects to generate momentum as well as enthusiasm. Target frequent annoyances, preferably ones that affect / bother other teams as well. I have a secret, I automate bad processes. Everyone will tell you this is bad but don’t believe them. It A) removes human error B) allows that task to be delegated when possible
  8. You can't wait for all your ducks to align; mathmatically you only need 2 of them to have a row Iterate, break things into small doable pieces, don’t get intimidated by scope, reduce it
  9. Don’t get too hung up on picking the perfect one as the expense of using something. Once automation is in place it’s much easier to change your toolkits.
  10. Publish things like best practices and processes to help others understand what you need or expect from them and why.
  11. Ask yourself “Do I add value to this process?” If the answer is “No”, replace yourself with a small shell script. it’s valid NOT to do something if your team doesn’t add value to the process
  12. Define who your customers are and talk and more importantly LISTEN to them about their needs. Don’t be defensive. Do be open minded.
  13. Now that you can talk up your team’s awesome transformation, it’s much easier to sell others. Is there anyone that could be your advocate in your partner team(s)?
  14. Don’t ever stop this process. Keep talking, meeting, reviewing and evaluating. Are your strategies working? (revisit your Measurements)
  15. Don’t get frustrated when you’re refactoring your protocols and tooling for the 10th time, that’s PROGRESS! Learn from your rights, not just your wrongs
  16. I knew a company that was 2 years into figuring out their strategy and hadn’t finished! Any progress is good progress when you need to replace the wheels on a moving car.