DevOps - a culture where dev and ops collaborate to build a faster, more reliable release pipeline.

1. A beginner’s guide to
scaling DevOps

2. Agenda
Common hurdles
DevOps level set
7 steps

3. DevOps
A culture where dev and ops
collaborate to build a faster, more
reliable release pipeline.

4. Photo by Breather on Unsplash

5. Agenda
Common hurdles
DevOps level set
7 steps

6. Disparate tooling
Commonly leads to
miscommunication, wasted time,
and mass confusion
Common
hurdles
Disparate
tooling
Mindset
Too many
changes
Security &
compliance

7. Mindset
“If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it” mindset
and cultural silos can stop a DevOps
initiative in its tracks
Common
hurdles
Disparate
tooling
Mindset
Too many
changes
Security &
compliance

8. Analysis paralysis
Easy to get overwhelmed with the
amount of possible changes
included in “going DevOps”
Common
hurdles
Disparate
tooling
Mindset
Analysis
paralysis
Security &
compliance

9. Security &
compliance
Current “enterprise-ready” tooling
doesn’t support modern
development techniques
Common
hurdles
Disparate
tooling
Mindset
Too many
changes
Security &
compliance

10. Agenda
Common hurdles
DevOps level set
7 steps

11. 7 steps to
scaling
DevOps

12. 1. DON’T FORCE IT
Don’t tell them,
show them

13. LEADERSHIP
SERVICE
PROJECT
TEAM HEALTH MONITORS TEAM PLAYS
Team
Playbook

14. Roles &
Responsibilities
Define roles &
responsibilities and clarify
team interactions
Rules of
Engagement
Collaboratively define your
team’s social norms
Pre-mortem
Prevent problems before
they come to fruition
Retrospectives
Reflect on where can
improve

15. 2. Do your homework
Search out teams who have already
experienced DevOps success and share
it

17. Photo by Bryan Rodriguez on Unsplash
3. It’s a
journey, not
a destination

18. Process
Make small process changes, offer guidelines
and guardrails
Workshops
Get teams together and run mock Agile
sprints with new processes & tooling in place
Tooling
Get teams into the tools first, the mindset will
come shortly after
4. Fake it
till you
make it

19. Build a foundation
Share best practices, access
WIP, manage 1 stack of
tooling
Customize where
needed
Customize workflows through
integrations
5. Create consistency

20. 6. Plan for rapid
growth
Choose tools built to stay performant
and cater to other enterprise needs

21. 7. When in doubt,
get some help
Get help from an
experienced DevOps
practitioner. Certified
Solution Partners &
Atlassian Technical
Account Managers
(TAMs) can help.

22. Set up guardrails
Make it easy to do the right thing and
harder to do the wrong. Set up
guardrails and lower your risk.
Change up your team
structure
Create cross functional teams to share
knowledge and speed up reaction
times

23. atlassian.com/devops/start-your-journey

24. Thank you!