GridIron + OpenShift

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GridIron + OpenShiftMastering People, Process, Culture and Technology with Teamwork and Mission

FocusJune 25, 2015

Christopher Hample

Thomas A. McGonagle

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IntroductionThomas A. McGonagle (@mcgonagle)

• Red Hat Alumni: OpenShift Online Site Reliability Engineer

• Booz Allen Hamilton: Lead Technologist• Played Football for 8 years, played offensive and

defensive line• From Boston, love the Patriots• Volunteer at an animal shelter

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IntroductionChris Hample (@ChrisHample)

• Senior Lead Technologist @ Booz Allen Hamilton• Project Jellyfish• Operations Lead• Based out of Austin, TX• Storied University of Texas football history

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IntroductionChris Hample (@ChrisHample)

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GridIron GamificationPositional players working together in concert

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GridIron and Its HistoryComponents of DevOps

• People – Changing the organization to accommodate DevOps (expanding agile practices)

• Culture – Teamwork and mission focus• Process – Continuous planning, execution and

assessment (e.g. performance)• Technology – Red Hat’s OpenShift, etc.

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Big AgileFocus on continuous planning, execution and assessment

GridIron: Big AgileFocus on continuous planning, execution and assessment

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Metaphors:TouchdownLine of scrimmage

Offense:Drive = QBDev/Test = RBDeploy = WROps = Lineplays, andformations, etc.

Defense:Many forces working against your offense

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GridIronWinning American Football strategies that provide a framework that can help you:

• Accelerate innovation by increasing the velocity of your application development and deployment;

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• Improve agility by integrating cross-functional teams that trust each other;

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• Build an engaged culture by encouraging collaboration and shared ownership;

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• Increase your effectiveness and efficiency by continuously assessing your performance

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Teamwork and Mission FocusScoring touchdowns with GridIron

• Manifests an easy to understand style of DevOps

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• Focuses the whole team on a single goal; getting software into production (scoring a touchdown)

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• Brings a “team first” mindset to the game

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Vince Lombardi QuotesThe importance of teamwork and mission focus

• People who work together will win, whether it be against complex football defenses, or the problems of modern society. – Vince Lombardi

• Football is like life – it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority – Vince Lombardi

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GridIron Team DynamicsBest American Football team dynamics

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• High levels of communication, trust and commitment

• Participation focused• Role specialization (positional players)• Share team identity and rapport

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GridIron Team DynamicsBest American Football team dynamics continued

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• Teammates are positive• The team collectively executes game strategy,

and accepts calculated risk• Adopt a rigorous but inclusive and blame-free

culture

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Shared PlaybooksFacilitate communication and help manage your workflow

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Shared PlaybooksFacilitate communication and help manage your workflow

• Accelerate innovation, improve quality, and reduce cost• How tasks are communicated• Player’s guides are comprehensive so that everyone

knows what everyone else is doing• Everyone is on the same page• Rigorously automating, testing, and validating

everything in the development lifecycle, wherever possible

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Playbook ExamplesContinuous integration and monitoring playbook examples

• Continuous Integration and Monitoring• Goal of Play for Team• Role’s Responsibilities

• Development• Test• Operations• Business• Security• Release

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Partners and TechnologiesOpenShift’s technology stack