Avoiding pitfalls
In the journey toward a DevOps approach, it only makes sense that not everyone will follow the same path. Different organizations are at different stages of readiness to accept the mindset change needed to allow for a successful DevOps journey.
That being said, we will look at a set of steps for starting or restarting a DevOps approach based on what we have learned in the previous chapters of this book. You will see that there is frequently no direct path from one step to the next.
Let’s view the following steps for our DevOps journey:
- Understand the system
- Start small
- Start automating
- Measure, learn, and pivot
Lets start on our journey now.
Understand the system
Whether we are starting fresh or restarting after stumbling, we need to take a step from the Improvement Kata from Lean thinking and evaluate where we are. This evaluation should be a holistic look at the existing processes, the people behind the processes, and...
