Influencing DevOps without Authority - how “DevOps engineer” can advance real DevOps

A presentation at DevOps Vision 2023 in December 2023 in Clearwater Beach, Clearwater, FL, USA by Baruch Sadogursky

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Influencing DevOps without Authority

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how even a “DevOps engineer” can advance real DevOps

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This is alex

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Alex works in ops

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Alex has a problem

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Now Alex works in devops!

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DevOps Engineering × Install Jenkins on their desktop (desk-under?) × Implement “DevOps” in their DevOps Department × Do all the K8S Certifications

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Alex still has a problem

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We need collaboration between Dev and DevOps… Let’s call it… DevDevOps!

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Evolutionary pressure

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We must release faster! Let’s hire more Let’s skip How about DevOps Engineers! testing! implementing DevOps?

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Let’s hire more Let’s skip How about DevOps Engineers! testing! implementing DevOps?

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Baruch Sadogursky - @jbaru ch × Developer Productivity Advocate × Gradle Inc × Development -> DevOps -> #DPE

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shownotes × × × × speaking.jbaru.ch Slides Video All the links!

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Evolutionary pressure

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Where to look for clues × × × × OKRs Backlogs Presentations Socializing

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World of other person

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Autonomy of developers

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fears of developers

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Mastery of ops

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fears of ops

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Autonomy of testers

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Purpose of testers

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fears of testers

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autonomy of infosec

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fears of infosec

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Purpose of product managers

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mastery of product managers

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Dev Ops Arch QA Prod Sec

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Types of currencies × × × × × Inspiration Related Task Related Position Related Relationship Related Person Related

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Multifaceted tool

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Types of exchange × × × × Interest alignment Barter Owe a favor Call in a favor

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Barriers to influence: externa × × × × l Power differential Different goals Incompatible measurements Rivarly

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Barriers to influence: interna l × × × × Lack of experience Blinding attitude Fear of failing Fear of reaction

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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

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On-call is not my job!

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What’s wrong with what we are doing now?!

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No time! Everybody are busy and overworked!

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The silos are good! They promote specialization!

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We are regulated, we aren’t allowed to do that!

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We can’t release faster, we need to check for ${concern_of _the_day}

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Alex did good, and so should you!

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The sky is the limit!

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