Excessively focusing on tooling
So far, I have touched on the importance of the other aspects of DevOps before focusing on tooling. The dangers of putting too much focus on tooling are evident from numerous studies we can find online.
However, the reality is that we can focus on tooling too much compared to culture, people, and processes. Even after this point, you can excessively focus on tooling. This can damage your transformation efforts.
One of the most common areas of technology in DevOps is around automation. This could be automating your CI/CD pipelines or other processes, be it technical or business. From my experience, though, many organizations take the message of automation in DevOps to an extreme – one that is counterproductive and sometimes harmful to businesses. That begs the question, how much automation is too much? Let's have a look.
How much automation is too much?
It is important to understand how organizations get to this point. Let&apos...
