White paper: optimizing DevOps in a complex environment

Two critical indicators of IT performance are: i) shorter lead times and ii) increased reliability. DevOps enables improvements along both these axes simultaneously. 

In this white paper we will describe why securing these improvements is important for the vast majority of organizations, whether they build software products, provide IT services or outsource their IT requirements to 3rd party providers. 

We define what DevOps is and briefly describe the practices that support it before focusing in more detail on two aspects of DevOps that can be particularly challenging for enterprises: creating the right organizational structure and managing the transformation. 

For organizational structure, we outline why it is necessary to think of teams within an organization as a set of interacting services. Then we look at how Kanban is not just an appropriate method for managing the work of these teams, but also a proven, low-risk method for enabling a DevOps transformation. We conclude with case studies illustrating the results that a successful DevOps implementation can deliver. 

For some organizations, many of the approaches we describe may already be commonplace, whilst for others, they will seem revolutionary. This reality is consistent with our characterization of DevOps as a journey: one on which different organizations have traveled different distances and at different speeds. By providing you with key takeaways and action points we hope that we can help you to take the next steps on your DevOps journey.

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