Overcoming resistance to change
DevOps requires a significant cultural shift in many organizations, and resistance to change can be a significant obstacle to successful implementation. Resistance to change is a known element playing a major role in the implementation of new processes, new tools, and other cultural changes in any organization. This is why just a few pages ago we said that “It has always been done that way” is one of the worst things to say. Improvement requires changes, and changes require an open mind and a readiness to destroy the status quo.
There are several sources of change resistance. One of them is the fear of change. Changing the organization will introduce difficulties: a new process increases the probability of failure. It also requires learning new things and dropping already well-known and tested solutions. For most people, this is an area beyond their comfort zone.
The other change resistance factor is organizational inertia. Quite...
