At the recent winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, we saw athletes from all over the world striving for excellence. Some turned in the best performance of their lives and came home with a gold medal. Others, some favorites, struggled and saw their dreams slip away. In this presentation, we'll see how DevOps done right is a lot like the Olympics. If you set reasonable goals, train hard, and execute well, you'll reach DevOps Gold, too. But if you take your releases for granted, you may end up with failure. This presentation is for developers and operations personnel working toward implementing a DevOps process.

1. DevOps Gold:
What the Olympics Teaches Us
About Agile Development and
Release
Dave Roberts
Executive Advisor
BMC Software
david_roberts@bmc.com
@sandhillstrat
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3. y = mx + b
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6. $600
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7. $600 $370
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8. $600 $370 $3.50
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9. Why do people do it?
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10. If you don't try to
win, you might as well
hold the Olympics in
somebody's back
yard.
-- Jesse Owens
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11. DevOps Lesson #1:
Find and articulate your
motivation for wanting to
“do” DevOps.
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12. What is your objective?
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13. What would constitute
success for you?
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17. Canada’s Mark McMorris
Bronze Medal
Snowboard Slopestyle
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18. USA’s Ted Ligety
Gold, Giant Slalom
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19. Could you enter the
Olympics with this
equipment?
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21. Mach 39
Speedskating Skin
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22. Co-Developed:
Under Armour
Lockheed Martin
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30. “ArmourGlide” reduces the
coefficient of friction between
your thighs by 65%
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32. Shani Davis
31 years old
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33. Shani Davis Partial List of Accomplishments:
First black athlete to win an Olympic gold medal for an
individual sport (2006,Turin, Italy).Won gold in the 1000
meters and silver at 1500 meters.
In 2010 inVancouver, he repeated:
gold in 1000m, silver in 1500m.
Won the world all-around championships in 2005 and 2006.
Won nine career world-cup titles.
He has 53 career victories on the ISU Speed Skating World
Cup, placing him second all-time among men.
Eight world records; three of them current.
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34. 1000 meters
Placed 8th
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35. Stefan Groothuis,
Netherlands
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37. 1500 meters
Placed 11th
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38. Zbigniew Brodka,
Poland
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40. DevOps Lesson #2:
"Your tools alone will not
make you successful."
-- Patrick Debois
BMC DevOps Leadership series
https://communities.bmc.com/community/bsm_initiatives/devops/
blog/2012/02/28/patrick-debois-interview-on-devops--what-it-is-
what-its-not
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41. DevOps projects
succeed or fail based on
organization change
issues
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42. Mikaela Shiffrin
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43. Gold, Women's Slalom
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44. Youngest Olympic slalom
champion:
18 years, 345 days
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45. She's already won seven World
Cup slalom races, more than
any other US woman in history
other than Tamara McKinney.
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46. Why is somebody so
young so good?
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47. Started young?
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48. Natural talent?
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50. DevOps Lesson #3:
Make sure your
fundamentals are solid.
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51. Have you identified the
fundamental skills you
need to be successful?
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52. Programming
Automation
Server management
Middleware management
Database management
Network management
Program management
Process management
Change management
Defect and incident management
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54. When was the last time
that you released
something you didn’t
have to, just for the
experience?
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55. DevOps Lesson #4:
Practice, practice, practice.
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56. What’s your cadence goal?
Yearly?
Quarterly?
Monthly?
Daily?
Multiple times per day?
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57. "So right now I'm dreaming of
the next Olympics, winning five
gold medals.Which sounds really
crazy. Sorry I just admitted that
to you all."
-- Mikaela Shiffrin,
After winning her first Olympic gold medal
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58. DevOps Lesson #5:
Don’t underestimate how
far you can go.
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59. Marlies Schild, Austria
4 Olympic medals:
3 silvers, 1 bronze
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60. Ted Ligety, USA
Two Olympic gold medals
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61. Maria Höfl-Riesch
Four Olympic medals:
3 gold, 1 silver
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62. Tina Maze, Slovenia
Four Olympic medals:
2 gold, 2 silver
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63. DevOps Lesson #6:
Benchmark yourself and
incorporate every best-
practice you can find.
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64. There’s always another
bottleneck behind the
most visible one you
see today.
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65. DevOps Lesson #7:
Make benchmarking and
best practice adoption a
repeating habit.
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67. Michael Scully
BMW DesignWorks USA
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69. “It just destroyed me.
Halfway down, I didn’t
know if I’d pass out.”
-- Michael Scully
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77. “In theory, there is no difference
between theory and practice.
But, in practice, there is.”
-- Anonymous
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79. First 2-man medal in
62 years:
Bronze
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80. The women did even
better:
Silver and Bronze
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81. "This has been the most
intensive project of my
career.
I will confess, I loved it."
-- Michael Scully
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82. DevOps Lesson #8:
Don’t be afraid to change your
existing tools and processes.
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83. You cannot simply
automate your existing
bad process and expect
a significant return.
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84. Break it down and build
it back up, step by step.
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85. Who is the greatest
Olympian of all time?
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87. Olympian Country Sport
Total
Medals
Gold
Medals
Michael
Phelps
USA Swimming 22 18
Larisa
Latynina
USSR Gymnastics 18 9
Nikolai
Adrianov
USSR Gymnastics 15 7
? ? ? 13 8
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88. Who is the greatest
winter Olympian of all
time?
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90. Ole Einar
Bjørndalen
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91. Olympian Country Sport
Total
Medals
Gold
Medals
Michael
Phelps
USA Swimming 22 18
Larisa
Latynina
USSR Gymnastics 18 9
Nikolai
Adrianov
USSR Gymnastics 15 7
Ole Einar
Bjørndalen
Norway ? 13 8
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92. Olympian Country Sport
Total
Medals
Gold
Medals
Michael
Phelps
USA Swimming 22 18
Larisa
Latynina
USSR Gymnastics 18 9
Nikolai
Adrianov
USSR Gymnastics 15 7
Ole Einar
Bjørndalen
Norway Biathlon 13 8
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95. Shooting Distance:
50 meters
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96. Prone:
1.8 inch (45 mm)
Standing:
4.5 inch (115 mm)
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97. 150 meter penalty loop
20 - 30 seconds
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98. Sochi: two gold medals
First Olympics: 1994, Lillehammer, Norway
Best finish: 7th
He's been to a total of six Olympic games.
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99. He’s 40
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100. This is my 20th year in the sport. I've
known swimming and that's it. I don't want
to swim past age 30; if I continue after this
Olympics, and come back in 2016, I'll be
31. I'm looking forward to being able to
see the other side of the fence.
-- Michael Phelps
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101. Silver:
Dominik Landertinger,
Austria:
26 years old
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102. DevOps Lesson #9:
DevOps is not just for the
young, venture-funded,
Web 2.0 companies.
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103. Even stodgy “brick and
mortar” enterprises
have leading edge web
sites.
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104. But you’re going to
have to train hard.
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105. Don’t underestimate
the amount of calories
you’re going to burn.
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106. Vancouver Olympics, 2010
Canada: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir: Gold
USA Meryl Davis and Charlie White: Silver
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107. Vancouver Olympics, 2014
USA Meryl Davis and Charlie White: Gold
Canada: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir: Silver
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108. Marina Zueva coaches both teams
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110. Marina Zueva
AndreiVitman
1975
Berlin
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111. DevOps Lesson #10:
You need a good coach.
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112. The most important
skills a coach brings
are...
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113. ...an outside
perspective...
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114. ...and an ability to
motivate you to keep
going.
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116. Recap
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117. $600 $370 $3.50
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118. DevOps Lesson #1:
Find and articulate your
motivation for wanting to
“do” DevOps.
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120. DevOps Lesson #2:
"Your tools alone will not
make you successful."
-- Patrick Debois
BMC DevOps Leadership series
https://communities.bmc.com/community/bsm_initiatives/devops/
blog/2012/02/28/patrick-debois-interview-on-devops--what-it-is-
what-its-not
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122. DevOps Lesson #3:
Make sure your
fundamentals are solid.
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124. DevOps Lesson #4:
Practice, practice, practice.
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125. "So right now I'm dreaming of
the next Olympics, winning five
gold medals.Which sounds really
crazy. Sorry I just admitted that
to you all."
-- Mikaela Shiffrin,
After winning her first Olympic gold medal
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126. DevOps Lesson #5:
Don’t underestimate how
far you can go.
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127. Marlies Schild, Austria
4 Olympic medals:
3 silvers, 1 bronze
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128. Ted Ligety, USA
Two Olympic gold medals
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129. Maria Höfl-Riesch
Four Olympic medals:
3 gold, 1 silver
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130. Tina Maze, Slovenia
Four Olympic medals:
2 gold, 2 silver
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131. DevOps Lesson #6:
Benchmark yourself and
incorporate every best-
practice you can find.
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132. DevOps Lesson #7:
Make benchmarking and
best practice adoption a
repeating habit.
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134. DevOps Lesson #8:
Don’t be afraid to change your
existing tools and processes.
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136. DevOps Lesson #9:
DevOps is not just for the
young, venture-funded,
Web 2.0 companies.
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138. DevOps Lesson #10:
You need a good coach.
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140. ThankYou
Dave Roberts
Executive Advisor
BMC Software
david_roberts@bmc.com
@sandhillstrat
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