Transformation anti-patterns
In Transformation topologies, we explored the models that aid DevOps transformation and looked at what they set out to achieve. Here, though, we are looking at anti-patterns: these are ways of working that can be counterproductive to your goals and hinder your progress of DevOps transformation.
Each of the anti-patterns is specific, and I'm sure you will all have come across at least one of the following in your careers so far:
- Development and operations silos.
- DevOps team silo.
- Development does not need operations.
- DevOps as a tooling team.
- Glorified SysAdmin.
- Operations embedded in development.
Let's look at each of them in detail in the following sections.
Development and operations silos
This is one anti-pattern I know everyone will have experience of. This is the classic situation of throw it over the wall (or insert any other phrase you might use). In many ways, this anti-pattern, illustrated in...
