Mythbusting DevOps in the Enterprise

Addressing Culture and Leadership Aspects during Transforming

Anyone leading a company through a DevOps transformation will encounter minor to significant internal skepticism or lack concrete experience.

This document lists the most common leadership and cultural traps and provides high-level reassurance and evidence that DevOps practices are generally applicable and plausibly successful in enterprise environments.

What's inside

  • Myths Debunked — There are many misconceptions about DevOps. This paper takes the top ones and debunks them using real-life examples.
  • Case Studies — Full of links to case studies from real enterprise organizations including HP, Nordstrum, Ticketmaster, and more.
  • Expert Guidance — This paper is written by experts in the world of DevOps who have been practicing software engineering and delivery for decades.
  • Transformation — This paper makes it clear that organizations of any size and history can make the transition to DevOps practices and principles.
Publication Date
October 1, 2015
Pages
27
Topics
DevOps Metrics & Measurements · Software Delivery & Architecture
Formats
epub · pdf
License
Creative Commons BY-NC-SA

About the authors

2 authors
John WillisAuthor, Deming’s Journey to Profound Knowledge

John Willis has worked in the IT management industry for more than 35 years. John is currently working as a Distinguished Researcher at Kosli. He is researching DevOps, DevSecOps, IT risk, modern governance, and audit compliance. Previously he was an Evangelist at Docker Inc., VP of Solutions for Socketplane (sold to Docker) and Enstratius (sold to Dell), and VP of Training & Services at Opscode where he formalized the training, evangelism, and professional services functions at the firm. Willis also founded Gulf Breeze Software, an award winning IBM business partner, which specializes in deploying Tivoli technology for the enterprise. Willis has authored six IBM Redbooks for IBM on enterprise systems management and was the founder and chief architect at Chain Bridge Systems.

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Gene KimFounder, Author, Researcher, IT Revolution

Gene Kim has been studying high-performing technology organizations since 1999. He was the founder and CTO of Tripwire, Inc., an enterprise security software company, where he served for 13 years. His books have sold over 1 million copies—he is the WSJ bestselling author of The Unicorn Project and The Phoenix Project Graphic Novels , and co-author of The Phoenix Project , The DevOps Handbook , Vibe Coding , and the Shingo Publication Award-winning books Accelerate and Wiring the Winning Organization . Since 2014, he has been the organizer of DevOps Enterprise Summit (now Enterprise Technology Leadership Summit and Enterprise AI Summit), studying the technology transformations of large, complex organizations.

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