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Devops, Empathy, Innovation
and other sappy stuff from the trenches of web operations.
@melaniemj
What is Devops?
Empathy
“the ability to understand and share the feelings
of another”
But how do we share needs?
hint: we all work for the same company
the ability to understand and share the < ---- > of another team or colleague
goals
the ability to understand and share the < ---- > of another team or colleague
process
the ability to understand and share the < ---- > of another team or colleague
needs
what else???
Empathy
what about the bad stuff?
the ability to understand and share the < ---- > of another team or colleague
failures
Empathy
“the ability to understand and share the successes of another team or colleague”
“the ability to understand and share the failures of another team or colleague without blame”
Empathy
… A ridiculous example of empathy as it pertains to systems understanding
We think it’s “the database”
How is “the database” responsible for the
performance of the code you we wrote?
We think it’s “the database”
How do you think “the database” operates
without your our code?
We think it’s “the database”
It doesn’t, it doesn’t have a purpose without our
code...
So, who is responsible for the performance of
“the database”?
Cultures of Blame
Who here has - lost a colleague to culture?- left a job because of culture?
Have you ever
had the feeling that if you could just change your culture or ecosystem that your team would be so. much. better?
Did your environment
lack the security or protection to take risks?
Did your environment
result in blame or shame instead of learning from mistakes?
Did your environment
lack sense or knowledge of greater purpose?
Did your environment
suck? Tell me how it sucked and why.
Innovation@brantcooper #leanux15 (via @jezhumble)
Change it
- Say we instead of you- Encourage bold behaviour from others- Reward success and learn from failure- ...- If you don’t feel secure or protected… find a
new gig
Remove Barriers to Empathy
- Remove wait states between teams- Form common goals- Communicate your critical paths- Share reasons for failures (rather than hiding
and/or finger pointing)
This talk was not about Devops
Melanie Cey @melaniemj
Senior Systems Analyst, Systems Reliability Engineering @ YardiWe use Icinga, ELK, nxlog, nsclient and graphite to monitor >5,000 clients, >10,000 VMs and >60,000 services running on windows. Ask me how.
