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I’m really proud of my newest metaphor: the DevOps Ratchet.
Let me tell you about it :-)
Today, I was conversing with an engineering manager about how to introduce DevOps to an organisation.
We discussed several typical pitfalls I had observed, and also approaches that I found to work well.
As I’ve mentioned before, my preferred approach is to burn the candle from both ends: introduce new tools and technologies, and at the same time establish a conversation about culture and the changes to it that may be necessary.
And then use one side to derive lessons and strengthen arguments for the other side.
It’s much easier to discuss cultural changes if I can clearly show how they would amplify the advantages of a new tool.
Or how cultural or process change would be much more effective if it were supported by new tooling.
This is what I’ve now decided I to call the DevOps Ratchet: the way to help an organisation level up, step by reinforcing step.