Author: (Russia) Oleg Skrynnik

Publisher: Tsinghua University Press

Publication year: 2020-05-01

ISBN: 9787302547143

Notes:

As the title suggests, the book focuses on DevOps from a business perspective. From its origins to its foundations, from principles to practice, you can take something away at every level. DevOps rests on lean production (the Toyota production line) and agile development, with the value chain at its core. What DevOps emphasizes is not automation, but end-to-end value delivery.

Employees should not focus on a single link in the chain, but on delivering value to the customer. This also means that architecture and organization need to adjust: empower employees, and encourage small, complete teams. On the other hand, beyond tools, what matters more in practicing DevOps is culture and people, which requires building consensus step by step; that in turn involves some techniques, such as face-to-face communication and rotating the Scrum Master regularly.