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The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Identifying DevOps Opportunities
Of course you’re not an idiot. However, after getting asked the same question over and over, I got tired of members of my organization thinking I was hiding a magic formula and decided to write a super easy guide to spot DevOps transformation opportunities. This guide helps teams, agile coaches, managers identify opportunities to implement DevOps practices when some common problem statements occurs.
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What DevOps Means To Your Role
So DevOps has hit your organization, you’re hearing the term passed around every other week. What does this mean for you organization, team, and job? Isn’t DevOps just automation? Could your role, or entire team be eliminated, with some tools doing your job? You may be surprised to find that, while DevOps does include automation, DevOps doesn’t work without teams. DevOps is a potent mix of tools, processes, I.T. practices, and most importantly, teams. Without teams, DevOps doesn’t really exist. The right implementation of DevOps improves the quality of the major (and minor) IT roles. This means it’s easy to know when a DevOps implementation isn’t working. Will you have to work differently in your role to get the most out of DevOps imlpementation? Probably. Will you definitely lose your job because of a DevOps adoption at your organization? Probably not. This article breaks down how DevOps affects the general roles in most IT organizations; from developers to operations engineers to QA, and management.
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10 things you can do to implement DevOps right now
If you’re coming from a traditional IT background, DevOps may sound big, bold, audacious, or hard to grasp. It may seem to challenge everything you’ve been doing in your IT profession for 20 years. Even if it’s the way forward and improves IT/Organization performance, you may wonder where to start? How do you achieve any tangible progress quickly? How do you navigate your way through the numerous practices and tools? Where is the ideal entry point, and what can your team implement right away?
Here are 10 quick and free things you can do that provides immediate value and start implementing DevOps
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