Summary
In this chapter, you had the chance to hear from five industry experts on their views about potential DevOps implementation pitfalls and various DevOps platform implementation strategies. These five individuals were selected to provide as broad a base of hands-on experiences as possible.
Next, you learned about four fundamental approaches to implementing DevOps platforms. This included building a custom DevOps platform, purchasing a cloud-based DevOps as a Service (DaaS) solution offering, employing VSM tools to integrate and orchestrate your DevOps toolchains, and building software factories by constructing self-service CaC, downloadable via Git or another SCM tool.
Finally, you reviewed 18 implementation scenarios that can create issues for your DevOps platform implementation program. As you read through these scenarios, you were encouraged to identify how you can leverage what you've learned about VSM and DevOps methods, as well as the tools to overcome these...