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Book Synopsis
Achieve streamlined, rapid production with enterprise-level DevOps

Awarded DevOps 2017 Book of the Year, The DevOps Adoption Playbook provides practical, actionable, real-world guidance on implementing DevOps at enterprise scale. Author Sanjeev Sharma heads the DevOps practice for IBM; in this book, he provides unique guidance and insight on implementing DevOps at large organizations. Most DevOps literature is aimed at startups, but enterprises have unique needs, capabilities, limitations, and challenges; DevOps for startups doesn''t work at this scale, but the DevOps paradigm can revolutionize enterprise IT. Deliver high-value applications and systems with velocity and agility by adopting the necessary practices, automation tools, and organizational and cultural changes that lead to innovation through rapid experimentation. Speed is an advantage in the face of competition, but it must never come at the expense of quality; DevOps allows your organization to keep both b

Table of Contents

Introduction xxiii

1 DevOps: An Overview 1

DevOps: Origins 2

DevOps: Roots 4

Addressing Dev versus Ops 7

DevOps: Practices 10

Continuous Integration 11

Continuous Delivery 16

Supporting Practices 20

Shift Left 29

Architecture and Risk Mitigation 31

Continuous Improvement 33

Metrics 33

Business Drivers 34

DevOps: Culture 35

Summary 37

2 Adopting DevOps 39

Developing the Playbook 41

Identifying the Target State (Business Goals and Drivers) 42

Assessing the Current State 45

Choosing the Transformation Plays 60

Adopting the Transformation Plays 61

Summary 65

3 Developing a Business Case for a DevOps Transformation 67

Developing the Business Case 68

Completing the Business Model Canvas 71

Customer Segments 72

Line of Business 72

IT Organization 74

Value Propositions 75

Line of Business 75

IT Organization 77

Channels 80

Line of Business 80

IT Organization 80

Customer Relationships 80

Line of Business 80

IT Organization 81

Revenue Streams 81

Line of Business 81

IT Organization 81

Key Resources 82

Line of Business 82

IT Organization 82

Key Activities 82

Line of Business 83

IT Organization 83

Key Partnerships 84

Line of Business 84

IT Organization 84

Cost Structures 85

Line of Business 85

IT Organization 85

Summary 85

4 DevOps Plays for Optimizing the Delivery Pipeline 87

DevOps as an Optimization Exercise 88

Business Intent: Optimization versus Innovation 89

Core Themes 95

Minimizing Cycle Time 95

Reducing Batch Size 98

Establishing the Right Culture 102

The DevOps Plays 106

Play: Establishing Metrics and KPIs 106

Play: Agile Adoption 113

Play: Integrated Delivery Pipeline 117

Play: Continuous Integration 123

Play: Continuous Delivery 128

Play: Shift Left—Testing 142

Play: Shift Left—Ops Engagement 149

Play: Continuous Monitoring and Feedback 155

Play: Release Management 161

Specializing Core Plays 165

Play: DevOps for Mobile 165

Play: DevOps for Mainframe 173

Play: DevOps for Internet of Things 177

Play: DevOps for Big Data and Analytics 180

Summary 186

5 DevOps Plays for Driving Innovation 189

Optimize to Innovate 190

The Uber Syndrome 192

Innovation and the Role of Technology 192

Innovating for New Business Models 193

Business Model Experimentation 194

Innovating for New User Engagement Models 195

Core Themes 198

Achieving Multi-Speed IT 198

Building the Right Thing 202

Enabling Experimentation 206

Delivering Antifragile Systems 208

IT Systems and Antifragility 211

Play: Build a DevOps Platform 216

Application Delivery and Antifragile Systems 218

Environment Abstraction 219

Cloud-Hosted DevOps Platform 221

Infrastructure as a Service 226

OpenStack Heat as an Abstraction Layer 232

Platform as a Service 233

Containers 238

Play: Deliver Microservices Architectures 241

Microservices Architecture 243

12-Factor App 245

Cloud Native 247

Microservices and Containers 249

Migrating to Microservices 249

Play: Develop an API Economy 253

Deployment Automation and APIs 255

DevOps Platform and APIs 255

Play: Organizing for Innovation 257

Developing an Innovation Culture in Large Organizations 259

Summary 260

6 Scaling DevOps for the Enterprise 261

Core Themes 263

Organizational Culture 263

Standardization of Tools and Practices 264

Organized Adoption 265

Breaking Down Organizational Silos 266

Play: DevOps Center of Competency 267

Capabilities and Goals of a DevOps CoC 268

Core CoC Roles 269

The DevOps Coach 270

Setting Up a CoC 272

Play: Developing Culture of Innovation at Scale 273

The Offering Management Team 276

Play: Developing a Culture of Continuous Improvement 278

Developing an Adoption Roadmap 280

Continuous Improvement and Value Stream Mapping 282

Play: Team Models for DevOps 284

Play: Standardization of Tools and Processes 287

Standardization of an Integrated DevOps Platform 289

Play: Security Considerations for DevOps 291

Managing Security-Related Risks 292

Addressing Security for DevOps Processes and Platforms 295

The API Economy and Security 299

Play: DevOps and Outsourcing 301

Strategic Outsourcing 302

IT Supply Chain 303

Enabling DevOps with Outsourcing 304

Summary 304

7 Leading DevOps Adoption in the Enterprise 307

Play: DevOps as a Transformation Exercise 309

Compelling Reasons to Act 311

DevOps Transformation Anti-patterns 312

Play: Developing a Culture of Collaboration and Trust 315

Visibility Enables Trust 316

It’s All about the People 317

Play: DevOps Thinking for the Line of Business 318

Line of Business–IT Engagement 319

Engaging in the DevOps Transformation 321

Move Shadow IT out of the Shadows 321

Play: Starting with Pilot Projects 322

Pilot Project Selection 324

Executive Sponsorship 325

Play: Rearing Unicorns on an Aircraft Carrier 325

Fostering Ideas 327

Summary 329

Appendix Case Study: Example DevOps Adoption Roadmap 331

Organization Background 331

Roadmap Structure 332

DevOps Optimization and Innovation Workshop 333

Background and Context 334

Adoption Roadmap 336

Business Drivers 336

Existing IT Initiatives 337

Bottlenecks 338

Root Causes 340

DevOps Practices 341

Roadmap Adoption 346

Index 347

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    Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
    Publication Date: 14/04/2017
    ISBN13: 9781119308744, 978-1119308744
    ISBN10: 1119308747

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Achieve streamlined, rapid production with enterprise-level DevOps

    Awarded DevOps 2017 Book of the Year, The DevOps Adoption Playbook provides practical, actionable, real-world guidance on implementing DevOps at enterprise scale. Author Sanjeev Sharma heads the DevOps practice for IBM; in this book, he provides unique guidance and insight on implementing DevOps at large organizations. Most DevOps literature is aimed at startups, but enterprises have unique needs, capabilities, limitations, and challenges; DevOps for startups doesn''t work at this scale, but the DevOps paradigm can revolutionize enterprise IT. Deliver high-value applications and systems with velocity and agility by adopting the necessary practices, automation tools, and organizational and cultural changes that lead to innovation through rapid experimentation. Speed is an advantage in the face of competition, but it must never come at the expense of quality; DevOps allows your organization to keep both b

    Table of Contents

    Introduction xxiii

    1 DevOps: An Overview 1

    DevOps: Origins 2

    DevOps: Roots 4

    Addressing Dev versus Ops 7

    DevOps: Practices 10

    Continuous Integration 11

    Continuous Delivery 16

    Supporting Practices 20

    Shift Left 29

    Architecture and Risk Mitigation 31

    Continuous Improvement 33

    Metrics 33

    Business Drivers 34

    DevOps: Culture 35

    Summary 37

    2 Adopting DevOps 39

    Developing the Playbook 41

    Identifying the Target State (Business Goals and Drivers) 42

    Assessing the Current State 45

    Choosing the Transformation Plays 60

    Adopting the Transformation Plays 61

    Summary 65

    3 Developing a Business Case for a DevOps Transformation 67

    Developing the Business Case 68

    Completing the Business Model Canvas 71

    Customer Segments 72

    Line of Business 72

    IT Organization 74

    Value Propositions 75

    Line of Business 75

    IT Organization 77

    Channels 80

    Line of Business 80

    IT Organization 80

    Customer Relationships 80

    Line of Business 80

    IT Organization 81

    Revenue Streams 81

    Line of Business 81

    IT Organization 81

    Key Resources 82

    Line of Business 82

    IT Organization 82

    Key Activities 82

    Line of Business 83

    IT Organization 83

    Key Partnerships 84

    Line of Business 84

    IT Organization 84

    Cost Structures 85

    Line of Business 85

    IT Organization 85

    Summary 85

    4 DevOps Plays for Optimizing the Delivery Pipeline 87

    DevOps as an Optimization Exercise 88

    Business Intent: Optimization versus Innovation 89

    Core Themes 95

    Minimizing Cycle Time 95

    Reducing Batch Size 98

    Establishing the Right Culture 102

    The DevOps Plays 106

    Play: Establishing Metrics and KPIs 106

    Play: Agile Adoption 113

    Play: Integrated Delivery Pipeline 117

    Play: Continuous Integration 123

    Play: Continuous Delivery 128

    Play: Shift Left—Testing 142

    Play: Shift Left—Ops Engagement 149

    Play: Continuous Monitoring and Feedback 155

    Play: Release Management 161

    Specializing Core Plays 165

    Play: DevOps for Mobile 165

    Play: DevOps for Mainframe 173

    Play: DevOps for Internet of Things 177

    Play: DevOps for Big Data and Analytics 180

    Summary 186

    5 DevOps Plays for Driving Innovation 189

    Optimize to Innovate 190

    The Uber Syndrome 192

    Innovation and the Role of Technology 192

    Innovating for New Business Models 193

    Business Model Experimentation 194

    Innovating for New User Engagement Models 195

    Core Themes 198

    Achieving Multi-Speed IT 198

    Building the Right Thing 202

    Enabling Experimentation 206

    Delivering Antifragile Systems 208

    IT Systems and Antifragility 211

    Play: Build a DevOps Platform 216

    Application Delivery and Antifragile Systems 218

    Environment Abstraction 219

    Cloud-Hosted DevOps Platform 221

    Infrastructure as a Service 226

    OpenStack Heat as an Abstraction Layer 232

    Platform as a Service 233

    Containers 238

    Play: Deliver Microservices Architectures 241

    Microservices Architecture 243

    12-Factor App 245

    Cloud Native 247

    Microservices and Containers 249

    Migrating to Microservices 249

    Play: Develop an API Economy 253

    Deployment Automation and APIs 255

    DevOps Platform and APIs 255

    Play: Organizing for Innovation 257

    Developing an Innovation Culture in Large Organizations 259

    Summary 260

    6 Scaling DevOps for the Enterprise 261

    Core Themes 263

    Organizational Culture 263

    Standardization of Tools and Practices 264

    Organized Adoption 265

    Breaking Down Organizational Silos 266

    Play: DevOps Center of Competency 267

    Capabilities and Goals of a DevOps CoC 268

    Core CoC Roles 269

    The DevOps Coach 270

    Setting Up a CoC 272

    Play: Developing Culture of Innovation at Scale 273

    The Offering Management Team 276

    Play: Developing a Culture of Continuous Improvement 278

    Developing an Adoption Roadmap 280

    Continuous Improvement and Value Stream Mapping 282

    Play: Team Models for DevOps 284

    Play: Standardization of Tools and Processes 287

    Standardization of an Integrated DevOps Platform 289

    Play: Security Considerations for DevOps 291

    Managing Security-Related Risks 292

    Addressing Security for DevOps Processes and Platforms 295

    The API Economy and Security 299

    Play: DevOps and Outsourcing 301

    Strategic Outsourcing 302

    IT Supply Chain 303

    Enabling DevOps with Outsourcing 304

    Summary 304

    7 Leading DevOps Adoption in the Enterprise 307

    Play: DevOps as a Transformation Exercise 309

    Compelling Reasons to Act 311

    DevOps Transformation Anti-patterns 312

    Play: Developing a Culture of Collaboration and Trust 315

    Visibility Enables Trust 316

    It’s All about the People 317

    Play: DevOps Thinking for the Line of Business 318

    Line of Business–IT Engagement 319

    Engaging in the DevOps Transformation 321

    Move Shadow IT out of the Shadows 321

    Play: Starting with Pilot Projects 322

    Pilot Project Selection 324

    Executive Sponsorship 325

    Play: Rearing Unicorns on an Aircraft Carrier 325

    Fostering Ideas 327

    Summary 329

    Appendix Case Study: Example DevOps Adoption Roadmap 331

    Organization Background 331

    Roadmap Structure 332

    DevOps Optimization and Innovation Workshop 333

    Background and Context 334

    Adoption Roadmap 336

    Business Drivers 336

    Existing IT Initiatives 337

    Bottlenecks 338

    Root Causes 340

    DevOps Practices 341

    Roadmap Adoption 346

    Index 347

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