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
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
3. DevOps the thing: CAMS @botchagalupe @damonedwards
4. A classic tl:dr for DevOps: • Culture • Automation • Measurement • Sharing
5. The Three Ways • Systems Thinking ! ! http://j.mp/devopsways
6. The Three Ways • Systems Thinking • Amplify Feedback Loops ! http://j.mp/devopsways
7. The Three Ways • Systems Thinking • Amplify Feedback Loops • Culture of Continual Experimentation and Learning http://j.mp/devopsways
8. Everyone talks about Culture as the key to DevOps success. But when you try to tackle culture head on…
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:
10. SMAC
11. The Recipe: • Sharing • Measurement • Automation • Control
12. Share: • The idea of DevOps • Frustration • Books/Articles/Meetups • What you’re working on • Your goals
13. Measure: • Your current state (value stream) • Your planned state (your definition of done) • Your roadblocks • Your progress • Your failures
14. Automate: • Your dev environment • Your notifications • Your QA • Your deployment • Distractions
15. Control: • Be consistent • Be pragmatic • Start small and grow • Plan and iterate • Focus
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,
17. One more thing…
18. Confidence is born from successfully executing on the SMAC process. ! Confidence breeds the trust that enables freedom and unhindered velocity. Confidence
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
20. DevOps lives and breathes by sharing. @steveElsewhere (This is me sharing.) S A M C myplanet.io