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Visibility Drives Data-Driven Decision-Making
One of the biggest challenges of DevOps today is lack of visibility—especially shared visibility—into application delivery process and outcomes. A common data fabric allows all stakeholders to share visibility into DevOps processes, so they can more easily collaborate and communicate, use objective data to make decisions, and deliver better code faster. The DevOps Visibility Challenge […]
Jun 23, 2016 · 3 minAll articles by Andi Mann
Showing 1–18Making DevOps Work with External Contractors
On a recent ‘virtual panel’ session, many questions came in real-time from almost a thousand attendees around the globe. I’ll try to cover the most interesting questions in this column over coming weeks, but one that came through many times is very typical of the discussions I have with my customers and others, especially those […]
The ROI of Enterprise DevOps
Ever since the 1996 film Jerry Maguire, I can never think about any technology development without hearing Cuba Gooding Jr as professional footballer Rod Tidwell screaming out, “Show me the money!” So I was not surprised when the CIO of a large enterprise recently asked me the enterprise exec version of that famous line: Q. […]
The Ultimate Endpoint of Enterprise DevOps
There’s a reason we so often use the word “journey” when we talk about DevOps – it is a critical aspect to a practical approach to DevOps. While we focus a lot on culture in the DevOps community, as I have previously said, culture is an output, not an input; it is the destination, not […]
The Role of a Traditional NOC in the new DevOps World
This new question in the devopsy.kinsta.cloud Enterprise DevOps Q&A series comes from a large business, though not what many would recognize as a traditional or legacy enterprise. This organization, like many high-growth businesses, is in a relatively new market segment that only exists due to the rise of cloud computing and digital media. In their […]
Top Skills for Enterprise DevOps
There is one question I hear almost every time I talk with my large enterprise customers about DevOps: What skills do my people need to be successful with DevOps? Talk of DevOps almost immediately focuses on culture – like having empathy for fellow workers, being flexible and adaptable, seeking continuous improvement, building relationships, etc. However, […]
3 Tips to Shape Human Behaviors and Achieve Your DevOps Goals
DevOps raises many questions around processes and technologies, but it is important to remember that people are the essential piece that makes DevOps work. Since my post on Generalists vs. Specialists here on devopsy.kinsta.cloud, I have had many questions about shaping human behaviors, like this one: Q. How can I help my team build up […]
Cloud-Based Documentation at the Speed of DevOps
Welcome back to this (semi-)regular column where I attempt to answer questions about DevOps, especially in larger enterprises. This time I address a vexing issue facing many large enterprises – how to make sure downstream processes move as fast as development and operations: Q. In my enterprise we are getting faster at releasing code, but […]
Enterprise DevOps and the Project Management Office
Welcome back to this occasional devopsy.kinsta.cloud series on Enterprise DevOps Q&A. Remember, if you have questions about DevOps in the enterprise, let me know and I will try to answer them (or find someone who can). E-mail me at [email protected], tweet me at @AndiMann, or leave a comment below. This week brings a question about […]
Four key vectors for closing the DevOps feedback loop
A question I am asked frequently about DevOps – and a perennial challenge to all DevOps slide artists – is what exactly we mean by the idea of ‘closing the feedback loop’ Q. What do you mean when you mention ‘closing the feedback loop’? Ops monitor our systems today, and alert devs when they are […]
Ensuring security and managing risk in enterprise DevOps
Today’s question in this recurring series comes from a developer in a typical large enterprise – risk averse, tightly controlled, highly secured – a major challenge to any DevOps transformation: Q. I work in a large government department that is tight on security. We have strict policies on separation of duties, can’t share users IDs […]
Encouraging a ‘big picture’ view of enterprise DevOps
Welcome to the latest post in a series where I answer some of the many questions on how to approach an Enterprise DevOps transformation at scale. Human issues continue to pop up – not surprising, as people and culture are at the heart of DevOps. This next question asks how to encourage a ‘big picture’ […]
Specialists vs. Generalists for Enterprise DevOps
Welcome back to the devopsy.kinsta.cloud series, ‘Enterprise DevOps Q&A.’ I have a backlog of Q&A in store, but don’t let that stop you sending in more! If I can’t answer them myself, I will try to find someone who can. For this post, I was recently asked about the challenge that large enterprises are facing […]
Making DevOps Work in Complex Enterprise Environments
Welcome back to the devopsy.kinsta.cloud series, ‘Enterprise DevOps Q&A’. Remember, if you have specific questions about Enterprise DevOps, let me know and I will try to answer them for you. Today’s question is: Q. In large enterprises, there are always environmental differences. From public cloud to internal hosting, from virtual desktops to legacy and mainframe […]
Enabling Collaboration Across Diverse Cultures
Welcome back to this series, ‘Enterprise DevOps Q&A.’ In my last post, I talked about breaking down the barriers between dev and ops. Now, I want to address another, very typical question from a global enterprise about managing cultural differences in a globally dispersed enterprise. Q. Being part of a large org, our biggest issue […]
Removing the Wall Between Dev and Ops
Welcome to the new devopsy.kinsta.cloud Q&A series on Enterprise DevOps. In the first post in this series, I answered five key concerns for adopting a DevOps approach in a large enterprise. Now, I want to address a more specific question from an admin at a large enterprise about the silos and barriers between dev and […]
Five Top Tips for DevOps At Scale
Since I published my blog explaining the topic of ‘Big DevOps’ late last year, the concept of Enterprise DevOps has exploded, with commentary, experience, and advice (some good, some awful) popping up from many different quarters. Fortunately, many pundits have now come to agree that application delivery in a traditional enterprise is very different from […]
Five Top Tips for Cloud and DevOps Automation
A while back, I overheard someone asking why many of the ‘cloudy people’ have moved on to DevOps. One reason is certainly that cloud is at the heart of DevOps. Many of the grounding principles of DevOps – rapid iteration, agile development, automated testing, continuous delivery and continuous integration – are barely even possible without […]