Expanding Pockets of Greatness

Spreading DevOps Horizontally In Your Organization

How do you build momentum and go from a few islands of DevOps goodness to a tipping point where the entire organization embraces common DevOps methods?

This paper provides guidance to leaders (change agents) who see DevOps activity in different teams, groups, or departments in their organization and are looking to build community and promote growth.

This paper will help you connect the pockets of DevOps goodness that may already exist within your organization and harness them to drive change.

What's inside

  • Build Momentum — This paper shares proven techniques others have used to build momentum to spread DevOps horizontally across an organization.
  • Expert Authors — This paper is written by experienced practitioners who have led their own successful DevOps transformations within large enterprise organizations.
  • Clear Guidance — The techniques presented in this paper fall into four categories: sharing, communicating, standardizing, and empowering new leaders.
  • All Roles — This paper is written for any change agent in an organization, no matter their role or experience.
Publication Date
2017
Pages
14
Topics
DevOps Metrics & Measurements · Software Delivery & Architecture · Workplace Culture
Formats
epub · pdf
License
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

About the authors

3 authors
Josh AtwellDevOps Journeyperson, Splunk

Multi-disciplined marketing and technology leader who has moved from hands on technology to leading marketing and advocacy teams to improve customer enablement and engagement.

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Jeff GallimoreCTIO, Excella

Jeff Gallimore is the chief technology and innovation officer and cofounder at Excella, a mid-size technology firm based in Arlington, VA. Gallimore started his career as a developer and DBA, then turned to the dark side by going into management. Now he lives vicariously through other engineers and reminisces about the good ol’ days when he spent most of his time in a code editor and command line rather than Outlook and Excel. Gallimore currently leads the team building Excella’s capabilities, leading the innovation activities, and managing the go-to-market offerings. He is also active in the technology community as a writer, speaker, co-chair of DevOpsDays DC, and advisor to IT Revolution. Regardless of the role, he keeps a passion for technology and how it can be used to help organizations win in the marketplace and people find the joy in their work.

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Thomas LimoncelliSRE Manager, Stack Overflow

Thomas Limoncelli is an internationally recognized author, speaker, system administrator, and DevOps advocate. He manages the SRE teams at Stack Overflow, Inc., and previously worked at Google, Bell Labs/Lucent, AT&T, and others. His books include Time Management for System Administrators (O’Reilly), The Practice of System and Network Administration (3rd edition), and The Practice of Cloud System Administration. In 2005, he received the USENIX SAGE Outstanding Achievement Award.

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