The three ways of DevOps
The three ways of DevOps, from Gene Kim’s book, The DevOps Handbook, encompass three fundamental concepts that articulate the tenets and philosophies that guide the processes, procedures, practices, and prescriptive measures necessary for an organization to effectively embrace the DevOps culture and implement the necessary changes. If your organization is new to DevOps, the three ways of DevOps offers a great starting place because they are philosophical and non-technical.
The first way – flow/systems thinking
Attention is paid to the performance of a whole system rather than the performance of a particular silo of work or department. This can be a large division such as development or IT operations, or it can be as small as a single contributor such as a site reliability engineer or software developer. The various revenue streams that are made feasible by information technology are emphasized prominently here. Notably, the creation of work...
