Applying DevOps and Continuous Delivery to Significant Cyber-Physical Systems
Suzette Johnson (Northrop Grumman), Diane LaFortune (Northrop Grumman Corporation), Dean Leffingwell (Scaled Agile), Harry Koehnemann (Scaled Agile), Stephen Magill (Sonatype), Steve Mayner (Scaled Agile), Avigail Ofer, Anders Wallgren (CloudBees) & Robin Yeman (Leidos)
This groundbreaking paper introduces the concept of "Industrial DevOps" for the first time, coining the term and establishing the foundational principles for applying DevOps practices to complex cyber-physical systems. This seminal work offers:
The first formal definition of Industrial DevOps
Eight core principles specific to Industrial DevOps implementation
Insights on adapting DevOps methodologies for hardware-intensive environments
Strategies for integrating hardware and software development processes
Analysis of challenges and opportunities in cyber-physical system development
This paper is essential reading for manufacturing executives, systems engineers, and technology leaders. It lays the groundwork for a revolutionary approach to managing industrial operations in the digital age. It bridges the gap between traditional manufacturing practices and modern software development methodologies, offering a roadmap for increased efficiency, flexibility, and resilience in industrial settings.
Start your Industrial DevOps journey where it all began—with the original, field-defining paper that launched a new industrial system development and management era.
What's inside
Debunks Myth — This paper debunks the myth that DevOps-style rapid iteration and improved flow only apply to software systems, not software + hardware systems.
Expert Authors — This paper is written by experienced practitioners who have worked developing modern cyber-physical systems.
Clear Guidance — Provides eight recommendations (principles) to bring DevOps principles and practices into complex cyber-physical systems.
All Levels — Change Agents can come from anywhere on the org chart. This paper directly provides guidance on how to lead change no matter your role or title.
Dr. Suzette Johnson is an award-winning author who has spent most of her career in the aerospace defense industry working for Northrop Grumman Corporation. Suzette was the enterprise Lean/Agile transformation lead. In this role, she launched the Northrop Grumman Agile Community of Practice and the Lean/Agile Center of Excellence. She has supported over a hundred enterprise, government, and DoD transitions to and the maturation of Lean-Agile principles and engineering development practices. She has also trained and coached over four thousand individuals on Lean/Agile principles and practices and delivered more than one hundred presentations on Lean/Agile at conferences both nationally and abroad. Her current role is as Northrop Grumman Fellow and Technical Fellow Emeritus, where she continues to actively drive the adoption of Lean/Agile principles with leadership at the portfolio levels and within cyber-physical solutions, specifically within the space sector. As a mentor, coach, and leader, she launched the Women in Computing, Johns Hopkins University Chapter; the Women in Leadership Development program; the Northrop Grumman Lean-Agile Center of Excellence; and the NDIA ADAPT (Agile Delivery for Agencies, Programs, and Teams) working group. She received a Doctorate of Management at the University of Maryland with a dissertation focused on investigating the impact of leadership styles on software project outcomes in traditional and Agile engineering environments. She am also a Certified Agile Enterprise Coach and Scaled Agile Program Consultant/SPCT
Harry KoehnemannSAFe Fellow and Senior Consultant, Scaled Agile▼▲
Harry Koehnemann, Scaled Agile Inc., is a methodologist and SAFe Fellow. He helps organizations build and deliver large, complex systems faster, more predictably, and with high quality using SAFe. He has spent the past two decades working with large system builders in aerospace, defense, automotive, and other industries to apply Lean/Agile principles to their engineering practices, including systems engineering practices, quality management, and compliance.
Robin Yeman has spent twenty-six years working at Lockheed Martin as a senior technical fellow building large systems including everything from submarines to satellites. Robin lead the Agile community of practice supporting a workforce of 120,000 people. Her initial experience with Lean practices began in the late 90’s. In 2002 shen had the opportunity to lead her first Agile program with multiple scrum teams. After she had a couple months of experience, she was hooked and never turned back. She both led and supported Agile Transformations for intelligence, federal, department of defense organizations over the next two decades and each one was more exciting and challenging than the last. In 2012 she had the opportunity to extend our Agile practices into DevOps which added extensive automation and tightened our feedback loops providing even larger results. Currently she is consulting for a range of Fortune 500 companies in highly regulated environments enabling them to achieve the same results we experienced at Lockheed Martin. She engages in everything from automotive, pharmaceuticals, and energy reimagining legacy to modern solutions using all of the tools in my toolbox including Agile, DevOps, Lean, Digital Engineering, Systems Theory, Design Thinking and more. Her goal is to make a positive impact for those around her. Robin is a continuous learner. Her education includes a Bachelor's Degree from Syracuse Univision in Computer Information Systems, a Master's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Software Engineering, and she is currently pursuing a PhD in Systems Engineering at Colorado State University, where she is working on my contribution to demonstrate empirical data of the benefits of implementing Agile and DevOps for safety critical cyber-physical systems.
