Good on IT devops

DevOps approach accelerates time to resolution since the team with faster feedback look is that team which thrives.

Seamless communication and full transparency enable teams in order to minimize downtime as well as to resolve issues faster. In the case when critical issues are not resolved fast, customer satisfaction greatly tanks.

DevOps approach also helps to manage unplanned work. An unplanned work is a reality that almost every team has to face. This reality influences overall team productivity. However, DevOps approach clears prioritization, so the teams are able to manage unplanned work while continuing to dedicate on the previously planned work.

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IT management practitioners!!

I've taken a keen interest in the evolution of software delivery practices over the last couple of decades, and have experienced the transition from traditional to iterative to agile to scaled agile to devops approaches, both as an employee and consultant to other organizations.

The focus on method-independent practices (that are widely-applicable) has been a refreshing and welcome focus but, until now, these practices have been described somewhat out of context - what are the scenarios in which these practices apply?

Enter "DevOps Adoption" which, as far as I'm aware, is fairly unique in putting these practices in context through a number of "plays", answering many of the key challenges organizations face when adopting devops, delivered in a very readable and practical format, sprinkled with numerous anecdotes and real-world examples.

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humorous, entertaining and applicable.

DevOps is also associated with another set of methods and techniques Continuous Delivery. These methods are an amazing synthesis of concepts from continuous integration, lean production, and continuous deployment. However, traditionally there has been a little working partnership between operations teams and development teams. On the other hand, DevOps approach has brought these teams together to work in harmony and deliver greater products more frequently. Culture is the number one success factor in the approach. Building DevOps culture of transparency, shared responsibility and faster feedback is the fundamental ground of every high-performing team, which uses DevOps approach. DevOps approach also allows teams to release faster as well as to work smarter, and speed is everything in the industry. Teams that practice DevOps release with higher stability and quality. Lack of review cycles and automated tests, in fact, block the release to production as well as poor incident response times commonly kills velocity as well as team confidence.

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Restores hope for IT

DevOps is perfectly suited to deliver high-value applications and systems with velocity and agility, enabling innovation and speed while never sacrificing quality. But until now, most DevOps instruction has been focused on start-ups and born-on-the-web companies with an entirely different set of requirements.

In the DevOps Adoption, C. Weller shows you exactly how to adopt DevOps in the enterprise based on your organization's business goals, current state of IT maturity, and IT technologies and platforms. Derived from his own experience helping companies in a wide variety of industries to successfully adopt DevOps, it outlines how to get your organization on board, meet the challenges, and move into the fast lane.

Congratulations Christopher Weller, you nailed it!

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Valuable insights to ponder

A lot of good messages and insights we have in this book mainly for those responsible to manage and deliver the DevOps adoption in the companies. DevOps is a journey and, this way, it needs to be planned and tested all the time in order to fit the companies needs. Continuous improvements is another approach mandatory and key for this journey and the author presents a real and feasible way to progress on the DevOps adoption. This book is a must read for those that have the challenge to develop and lead this journey. You will not feel alone.

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Integrating Applications and Reducing Risk

Many major companies have already integrated DevOps into their business, but it should be noted that there are some obstacles on the path, which you should keep in mind. The greatest obstacle when it comes to the moving to DevOps environment commonly is a perceived lack of needed skills as well as a lack of alignment between operation teams and development teams. On the other hand, these obstacles are not something that you cannot overcome since those require just a little bit of effort in order to enhance greater collaboration between your teams. I believe that you are not in nine percent of people who are not planning on adopting DevOps methods. Skills, in fact, are the greatest challenge on this journey. When it comes to the integrating different database changes into the process, it should be said that consistency is what matters. It is important to keep in mind that synchronizing database and application changes would be most probably the biggest challenge. Protecting business data would be an issue, but not if you properly incorporate DevOps into your organization or company.

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Very thin other than the obvious

Essentially, the book sells the concept of dev ops through out. It explains that you just need to automate! It covers some good quality ways of measuring. It explains you'll have easier and more difficult challenges. I already know what dev ops is in theory, but I am lacking real life experience. I was hoping this book was going to help me see how to get my team to adopt. I was hoping it would help change the mind set of my team. It does not try to do this The narration was very poor. At times it sounded like a human, other times like an automated screen reader. I can't recommend this book to anyone other than those who are 100% new to this concept and need the lightest touch into the concepts.

Felt like the authors had spy cameras in my office

Felt like the authors had spy cameras in my office
The most comprehensive book on giving your the big picture on Devops. Highly recommend.

The source of the DevOps concepts explained

The two communities decided to get together and start talking with people like Gene Kim, Patrick Dubois and John Willis who were driving that conversation. The talks began in some online forums as well as some local meet-ups. However, the topic today is among the major themes when it comes to the software development and IT operations. The topic has brought many companies and organizations together, and major software development companies look forward to incorporating DevOps techniques into their businesses. Strictly speaking, people are not surprised since separated teams within a company or organization, in fact, form broken lines of communication as well as no proper collaboration. Collaboration and communication are greatly required or even mandatory especially in the IT industry. Agile movement concept is used commonly for development and planning, but still, there is a great struggle in order to get the code without great drama. You have probably heard many great things about DevOps approach, and I have to be honest, most of them are true.

Devops, collaboration, value and contribution

Theoretically the explanation is exceptional through out the course but my suggestion is you can add few labs on the concepts so that student will understand and gain practical knowledge.