A classic tl:dr for DevOps is the acronym CAMS: Culture, Automation, Measurement, Sharing. I argue this oversimplification is hurting adoption of and causing confusion around DevOps. My presentation is focused around presenting SMAC as acronym for both describing what DevOps is and the recipe for progression from mere familiarity to ingrained practice and change. I'll also introduce the lasting effect of implementation in my experience as a final C - Confidence - the real impact on the bottom line. Starting with culture is a non-starter, starting with sharing just works. The concepts presented align with stories I've seen such as The Phoenix Project and other case studies from HP and Etsy, and summarize personal experience with my own enterprise clients.

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2. DevOps the thing.

3. CAMS

4. A classic tl:dr for DevOps:
• Culture
• Automation
• Measurement
• Sharing

5. Oversimplification hurts
adoption, and causes
confusion around
DevOps.

6. Everyone talks about
Culture as the key to
DevOps success.

7. Ok we’ll start with
Culture then…

8. From which
immediately follows:

9. Read tons of books
and articles.

10. Nobody listens to the
soapbox speeches.

11. DevOps is hard and
nebulous. I’m hungry. My
ankle hurts. Someone took my stapler…

12. You give up before
you’ve even started.

13. What can you do?

14. Flip that $#!7 around.

15. SMAC

16. Start with sharing.

17. Let's start with
sharing, and never
stop.

18. Share.

19. • The idea of DevOps
• Conversations
• Frustration
• Books
• Articles
• Meetups

20. Measure.

21. • Your current state
• Your planned state
• Your roadblocks
• Your progress
• Your failures

22. Automate.

23. • Your dev environment
• Your notifications
• Your test runs
• Your QA
• Your deployment
• Distractions

24. then,
Le Culture.

25. Culture grows out of
all that progress.

26. Culture grows out of
rituals.

27. Culture grows out of
shared experiences.

28. Once you’re rolling…

29. The Three Ways

30. The Three Ways
• Systems Thinking
• Amplify Feedback Loops
• Culture of Continual Experimentation and Learning
http://j.mp/devopsways

31. The bonus round:

32. SMAC (C )

33. The last C is
Confidence.

34. Confidence is born from
success of following and
executing on the SMAC
process.

35. Confidence breeds the
trust that enables
freedom and unhindered
velocity.

36. Start with Sharing.

37. Let’s share.

38. DevOps lives and
breathes by sharing.

39. This is me sharing =)

40. Comment, disagree, inform:
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41. Thanks for reading!

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