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Navigating the Human Element of a DevOps Transformation

With the number of DevOps tools in the market multiplying like bunnies, ultimately “adopting DevOps doesn’t start with adopting tools — it starts with adopting the underlying values of the DevOps community,” as https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyfarmer/, technical community manager at https://circleci.com/?utm_content=inline-mention, oncehttps://thenewstack.io/intro-to-devops-devops-on-a-smaller-scale/. He did it while weaving in the people-centered philosophy of Leslie Knope, the upbeat protagonist of TV’s “Parks and Recreation.”

Regulatory and compliance requirements are often cited as the blockers to adopting DevOps principles since the practice is often thought of as transformation journeys for only development and operations teams. But a DevOps structure should always be inclusive of all entities within the organization involved in delivering business value.

With complex environments having a multitude of dependencies, DevOps transformation journeys are often not as simple as “build it and run it.”