Can you share your views on DevOps implementation processes?

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  Hey Mary, I'd love to talk about our experiences with you, although we're early in our journey. We're also driving DevOps from the ops side (my team is NOT in development), and we have some interesting cultural baggage to deal with (financial services, conservative organization, data masking concerns).
  
  I'm very proud of what we're doing, but I also understand that it's very tailored to our organization, so it may be tough to generalize. Be glad to discuss, however.

  stuart_r_ainsworth March 09, 2018 21:52

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  We're finally getting a serious effort going. For background we have around 1800 team members just in technology, with somewhere around 50 database engineers (DBEs) shared across the development teams. Various development teams over the last couple of years tried their own initiatives, but the DBEs were reluctant to change. The DBEs saw it as their work to do, and there was no technology-wide initiative for CI/CD so it just never got done.
  
  We now have a technology-wide mandate for CI/CD
  
  • What are the key drivers for change – frequency of deployment, reduced overheads, data protection and compliance, reduce application downtime etc?
  • Is the cost of investing in new technology a blocker, or is there an understanding that the eventual financial benefits will require investment in tech?
  • How does the database become part of the conversation? Is it part of initial planning, or is it a hurdle along the way?

  rjdudley March 11, 2018 17:38

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  1. Who is typically driving the process within organizations – development teams, DBAs, IT operational management, senior directors, CEO/CTO?
  
  We're finally getting a serious effort going. For background we have around 1800 team members just in technology, with somewhere around 50 database engineers (DBEs) shared across the development teams. Various development teams over the last couple of years tried their own initiatives, but the DBEs were reluctant to change. The DBEs saw it as their work to do, and there was no technology-wide initiative for CI/CD so it just never got done.
  
  We now have a technology-wide mandate for CI/CD, which has come from the top down to everyone, but it was a few team members advocating very strongly to the senior leadership.
  
  2) What are the key drivers for change – frequency of deployment, reduced overheads, data protection and compliance, reduce application downtime etc?
  
  Our CI/CD adoption corresponds with a wider understanding of agile across teams. We've been trying agile for several years, tweaking our processes, and we're ready to take the next step. For us it's largely the ability to deploy more frequently, with less friction, and without working our DBEs to exhaustion.
  
  3) Is the cost of investing in new technology a blocker, or is there an understanding that the eventual financial benefits will require investment in tech?
  
  Not really, especially since our DBEs all use RedGate tools and have a lot of familiarity with them. One of our sayings is "numbers and money follow, they do not lead", so we're not afraid to make investments. Compared to some of the other things we buy, RedGate is relatively cheap.
  
  4) How does the database become part of the conversation? Is it part of initial planning, or is it a hurdle along the way?
  
  For us, from the beginning.
  

  rjdudley March 11, 2018 17:51

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  Hello Mary,
  
  I would be happy to share with you my view of DevOps implementation process.

  eduardopiairo March 12, 2018 22:52

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  Thanks for the responses guys. I'll reach out to you individually by email.
  

  Mary_R March 13, 2018 16:34

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