A presentation at DevOps Vision 2023 in December 2023 in Clearwater Beach, Clearwater, FL, USA by Baruch Sadogursky
Influencing DevOps without Authority
how even a “DevOps engineer” can advance real DevOps
This is alex
Alex works in ops
Alex has a problem
Now Alex works in devops!
DevOps Engineering × Install Jenkins on their desktop (desk-under?) × Implement “DevOps” in their DevOps Department × Do all the K8S Certifications
Alex still has a problem
We need collaboration between Dev and DevOps… Let’s call it… DevDevOps!
Evolutionary pressure
We must release faster! Let’s hire more Let’s skip How about DevOps Engineers! testing! implementing DevOps?
Let’s hire more Let’s skip How about DevOps Engineers! testing! implementing DevOps?
Baruch Sadogursky - @jbaru ch × Developer Productivity Advocate × Gradle Inc × Development -> DevOps -> #DPE
shownotes × × × × speaking.jbaru.ch Slides Video All the links!
Where to look for clues × × × × OKRs Backlogs Presentations Socializing
World of other person
Autonomy of developers
fears of developers
Mastery of ops
fears of ops
Autonomy of testers
Purpose of testers
fears of testers
autonomy of infosec
fears of infosec
Purpose of product managers
mastery of product managers
Dev Ops Arch QA Prod Sec
Types of currencies × × × × × Inspiration Related Task Related Position Related Relationship Related Person Related
Multifaceted tool
Types of exchange × × × × Interest alignment Barter Owe a favor Call in a favor
Barriers to influence: externa × × × × l Power differential Different goals Incompatible measurements Rivarly
Barriers to influence: interna l × × × × Lack of experience Blinding attitude Fear of failing Fear of reaction
B ATN A I have three offers in my pocket I’ll have to find another job, no problem I’ll pretend nothing happened I didn’t think about that
On-call is not my job!
What’s wrong with what we are doing now?!
No time! Everybody are busy and overworked!
The silos are good! They promote specialization!
We are regulated, we aren’t allowed to do that!
We can’t release faster, we need to check for ${concern_of _the_day}
Alex did good, and so should you!
The sky is the limit!