Gauging the Organization for Observability Implementation
Does my organization need observability? If yes, what approach should I take to meet the business goals? These are the questions you should ask before starting this journey, as the size, organization culture, services offered, and so on will determine the effort, technology choices, and investment required for the observability journey.
In all the chapters so far, we have discussed technological aspects of observability. We started with the What was before observability section, then we discussed, logs, metrics, traces, and the different layers of the application at which data is collected, and in the previous chapter, we talked about dashboards, alerts, and incidents. This chapter steps away from technology and looks at the organization itself. You may have great ideas, funding, and people for implementing observability, but if your organization itself is not conducive to changes, nothing will work as expected. So, we decided...