Five Great Books on DevOps

February 11, 2015 by George V. Hulme 8 Comments

While the DevOps movement began in earnest in 2009, there are still a lot of questions about what DevOps means, how it’s done, and what the purported benefits of DevOps are. Big questions, for sure. And there are no quick answers. In fact, to thoroughly answer each would require numerous books. Which brings us to […]

Why “Enterprise DevOps” Doesn’t Make Sense

November 10, 2014 by Dave Roberts 16 Comments

Recently, some folks have been suggesting that we need a new form of DevOps, something called “Enterprise DevOps” or “Big DevOps.” DevOps is great, the argument goes, but large enterprises don’t operate the same way as the agile web startups where DevOps was birthed, and thus they can’t implement the same DevOps methodologies as those startups. […]

Product Management’s Role in a DevOps World

November 6, 2014 by contributor 1 Comments

When we started Datical, we knew that in order to be successful we needed to practice what we were preaching: DevOps. As the VP of Products and product owner of Datical DB, our flagship Database Lifecycle Management tool, I recognize that Product Management is well positioned to facilitate DevOps adoption across the entire organization. It’s […]

No DevOps Roadmap? No Problem.

April 9, 2014 by Stephen Fishman 0 Comments

I’m a huge fan of The Phoenix Project and I’m honored to count Gene Kim both as one of my professional inspirations and also as a personal friend. There is, however, a dangerous precipice inside of the Phoenix Project that, if misunderstood, could cause many DevOps practitioners and enterprise IT shops a daunting problem in […]

The Importance of the Bus Driver

April 8, 2014 by James Heggs 1 Comments

The topic of DevOps has been a topic for many a debate over recent months years. Without adding fuel to the fire I’d like to present a slightly different take on the DevOps culture. The phrase ‘what if I was hit by a bus?’ can often be heard within the vicinity of software development teams. It […]

Q & A with Kevin Behr on DevOps, its impact on security, and the challenges of bringing change to the organization

March 28, 2014 by George V. Hulme 0 Comments

Kevin Behr has been in IT game for 26 years and is the author of seven IT management books, including the bestselling The Visible Ops Handbook, which he coauthored with Gene Kim and George Spafford, and The Definitive Guide to IT Management, published by Hewlett Packard. His most recent book, The Phoenix Project, also coauthored […]

DevOps Is For Horses: Stop Making Excuses For Starting

March 26, 2014 by Ericka Chickowski 0 Comments

While DevOps practices may be spreading throughout organizations both large and small, often times the most visible success stories are also the most exceptional. Organizations like Netflix, Etsy and Google are brought up in conversations about DevOps time and again because they offer the most stark examples of the benefits that the model can bring […]