PART II CONCLUSION

In Part II: Where to Start, we explored a variety of ways to think about DevOps transformations, including how to choose where to start, relevant aspects of architecture and organizational design, and how to organize our teams. We also explored how to integrate Operations into all aspects of Development planning and daily work.

In Part III: The First Way: The Technical Practices of Flow, we will now start to explore how to implement the specific technical practices to realize the principles of flow, which enable the fast flow of work from Development to Operations without causing chaos and disruption downstream.

Additional Resources

For more information on team organization or overall organizational structures, check out Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow from Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais (itrevolution.com/team-topologies/).

The Individual Contributors: From Holdouts to Holdups paper is an excellent resource for working with individuals in organizations who are resistant to change (ITRevolution.com/Resources).

Expanding Pockets of Greatness: Spreading DevOps Horizontally in Your Organization provides clear strategies to help you build momentum and go from a few islands of DevOps goodness to a tipping point where the entire organization embraces common DevOps methods (ITRevolution.com/Resources).

In Paula Thrasher’s 2020 DevOps Enterprise Summit presentation, “Interactive Virtual Value Stream Mapping: Visualizing Flow in a Virtual World,” she shares her experience running value stream mapping workshops for different organizations and teams, and walks you through the steps of setting up a virtual workshop and running one for your organization (videolibrary.doesvirtual.com/?video=466912411).