devops days austin 2012 - sotu

DevopsState of the Union

Austin 2012

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Whoami

• An old son of a bitch

• VP of Services enStratus

• john.willis@enstratus.com

• @botchagalupe on Twitter

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Devops vs Noops

The Facts

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“DevOps is a cultural and professional movement”

Adam JacobFounder, Chef and Opscode

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Short History• 2009 Flickr 10+ Deploys a Day

• 2009 Devops Days Gent

• 2010 Devops Days Mountainview

• 2011 Analyst Reports

• 2012 You are Here

The Convergence of Devopshttp://bit.ly/itrev2

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CAMS

• Culture

• Automation

• Measurement

• Sharing

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CLAMS

• Culture

• Lean

• Automation

• Measurement

• Sharing

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Culture

Devops is a HUMAN problem

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Culture

“You can’t directly change culture. But you can change

behavior, and behavior becomes culture”

Lloyd TaylorVP Infrastructure, ngmoco:)

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Behavior

When you repeatedly do an act, it becomes a habit. It is an automatic

response of the brain: You have been doing something in a particular way for a long time, so you tend to do it

the same way every time.

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Where Did We Go Wrong

"We will encourage you to develop the three great virtues of a programmer:

laziness, impatience, and hubris." LarryWall

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Insane Habits

vs

Kaizen Habits

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Culture

Ah-ha! Ka-ching!

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Good Habits

• Trust

• Respect

• Communication

• No Victims

• The Smell Test

• Slay the Dragon

• Fearless Behavior

• Piercing the Veil

• Shaman

• No Arrogance

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Lean IT

vs

Lean Operations

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Seven Sins of Devops

• Overproduction

• Delay

• Transporting

• Over-Processing

• Inventory

• Motion

• Defects

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Devops What’s Not Working

• The Name

• No Definition

• The Church of Devops

• Automation Automation Automation

• A Billion Deploys a Day

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Devops What’s Is Working

• The Name

• No Definition

• The Church of Devops

• Automation Automation Automation

• A Billion Deploys a Day

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Devops Has Set the Bar High

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Great Resources

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@RealGeneKim, genek@realgenekim.me

Resources• From the IT Process Institute

www.itpi.org– Both Visible Ops Handbooks– ITPI IT Controls Performance Study

• “Lean IT” by Orzen and Bell– Winner of the Shingo Prize 2011

• “Inspired: How To Create Products That Customers Love” by Cagan

• “Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation” by Humble, Farley

• Follow Gene Kim– @RealGeneKim– mailto:genek@realgenekim.me – http://realgenekim.me/blog

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@RealGeneKim, genek@realgenekim.me

The Prescriptive DevOps

• Capture and codify how to start and finish successful DevOps transformations–Create isomorphic mapping between

plant floors and IT shops–Co-authoring with Patrick DeBois,

Mike Orzen, John Willis–Describe in detail how to replicate

the transformations describe in “When IT Fails: The Novel”

• Goals–How does Development, IT

Operations and Infosec become dependable partners–How do they work together to solve

business problems (and Infosec, too)

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@RealGeneKim, genek@realgenekim.me

Call To Action

• If you’re interested in reviewing early versions of “When IT Fails: The Novel,” email me.• If you’re interested in helping build or review the DevOps Cookbook, email me.

• I’m genek@realgenekim.me

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