Layeth the SMACeth Down(eth)

My Ignite talk from DevOpsDays Chicago 2014
A talk for those disillusioned by the nebulous intangibility of DevOps, those struggling with cultural change, and looking for a path through the fog. I've tried to distill a simple system for getting the wheels in motion, and keeping them rolling.

Transcript

1. @steveElsewhere
   Steve Pereira
   Layeth the SMACeth Down(eth)
   myplanet.io
   

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2. DevOps ~ 3rd order
   Cybernetics
   "The scientific study of control and communication
   in the animal and the machine.” Norbert Wiener

   1948
   @jeffsussna http://j.mp/3rdcybernetics
   @dromologue
   

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3. DevOps the thing:
   CAMS
   @botchagalupe @damonedwards
   

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4. A classic tl:dr for DevOps:
   • Culture
   • Automation
   • Measurement
   • Sharing
   

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5. The Three Ways
   • Systems Thinking
   !
   !
   http://j.mp/devopsways
   

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6. The Three Ways
   • Systems Thinking
   • Amplify Feedback Loops
   !
   http://j.mp/devopsways
   

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7. The Three Ways
   • Systems Thinking
   • Amplify Feedback Loops
   • Culture of Continual
   Experimentation and Learning
   http://j.mp/devopsways
   

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8. Everyone talks about Culture as
   the key to DevOps success.
   But when you try to tackle
   culture head on…
   

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9. DevOps is hard and
   nebulous. I’m hungry. My ankle
   hurts. Someone took my stapler…
   You give up before you’ve even started.
   You quickly find:
   

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10. SMAC
    

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11. The Recipe:
    • Sharing
    • Measurement
    • Automation
    • Control
    

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12. Share:
    • The idea of DevOps
    • Frustration
    • Books/Articles/Meetups
    • What you’re working on
    • Your goals
    

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13. Measure:
    • Your current state (value stream)
    • Your planned state (your definition of done)
    • Your roadblocks
    • Your progress
    • Your failures
    

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14. Automate:
    • Your dev environment
    • Your notifications
    • Your QA
    • Your deployment
    • Distractions
    

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15. Control:
    • Be consistent
    • Be pragmatic
    • Start small and grow
    • Plan and iterate
    • Focus
    

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16. Le Culture:
    • Grows out of progress
    • Grows out of rituals
    • Grows out of shared experience
    • Grows out of movement
    • Grows out of cultivation
    finally,
    

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17. One more thing…
    

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18. Confidence is born from successfully
    executing on the SMAC process.
    !
    Confidence breeds the trust that
    enables freedom and unhindered
    velocity.
    Confidence
    

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19. My Prescription:
    • Create a value stream map and share it
    • Identify bottlenecks and share them
    • Examine your definition of done and share
    • Publish the backlog
    • Share your wins and failures
    

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20. DevOps lives and
    breathes by sharing.
    @steveElsewhere
    (This is me sharing.)
    S
    A
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    myplanet.io
    

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