This presentation discusses helping operations teams that have become top-heavy. It provides two scenarios of teams at LinkedIn that had issues with technical debt, resource allocation, capacity planning and alert fatigue. The presentation outlines a formula for success that includes defining problem areas, communicating expectations, acquiring needed resources, planning short and long-term work, and establishing exit criteria with metrics to measure progress. The goal is to help teams work through high toil, reduce burnout, and create sustainable workloads.
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Helping operations top-heavy teams the smart way
1. Helping operations top-heavy teams
the smart way
Jeff Weiner
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Kehoe
Staff Site Reliability Engineer
Todd Palino
Sr Staff Site Reliability Engineer
2. This Is The Only Slide You May Need a Picture Of
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3. Michael Kehoe
$ WHOAMI
• Staff Site Reliability Engineer @ LinkedIn
• Production-SRE Team
• Funny accent = Australian + 4 years
American
• Former Network Engineer at the University
of Queensland
4. Todd Palino
$ WHOAMI
• Senior Staff SRE @ LinkedIn
• Capacity Engineering Team
• Co-Author of Kafka: The Definitive Guide
• Late of VeriSign Infrastructure Engineering
5. When Operations Isn’t Perfect
Code Yellow
https://devops.com/code-yellow-when-operations-isnt-perfect/
6. • How to quickly erase all your
technical debt
• How to change your engineering
culture
This talk is not
7. • How to identify team anti-patterns
• How to work through high toil
• How to create sustainable workloads
This talk is
20. Building a formula for success
Define the areas that
need attacking
Problem Statement
Communicate
expectations with
clients & partners
Communication &
Partnerships
Define success
criteria
Exit Criteria
Get the help that you
require
Resource Acquisition
Plan for short-term &
long-term
Planning
21. Define the areas that need attacking
Problem Statement
• Admit there is a problem
• Measure the problem
• Understand the problem
• Determines underlying causes that
need to be fixed
Building a formula for success
22. Define success criteria
Exit Criteria
• Define concrete goals
• Define concrete success criteria
• Measure via an operational metric
• Measure via a project being
completed
• Define timelines for completion
Building a formula for success
23. Get the help you require
Resource Acquisition
• Ask other teams for help
• Get dedicated engineers/ project
managers/ other roles as required
• Set exit-date for resources
Building a formula for success
24. Plan for the short-term & long-term
Planning
• Plan out short-term work
• Plan out longer-term projects
• Do they need to be rescheduled?
• Prioritize work that will reduce toil &
burnout (Automation + Measurement)
Building a formula for success
25. Communicate expectations with clients
& partners
Communication
& Partnerships
• Communicate problem statement &
exit criteria
• Send regular progress updates
• Ensure that stakeholders understand
delays & expected outcomes
Building a formula for success