An excellent read for anyone in the Information Technology space irrespective of your role or position. It clearly calls out why IT is a differentiator and why IT risk is a business risk. For developers it puts perspective around why things like faster deployments, smaller packages matter from a busines perspective. It clearly elucidates why DevOps is not just something that start when you check in code but right from the requirements phase.
Suddenly the hulabaloo around the "Shift Left" mantra makes all the more sense to you. In the midst of all this it left me with the Theory of Constraints which provides yet another weapon in your arsenal to approach IT delivery.
Ten deployments per day! Audacious in 2013 when the book was released but today it's much more common place. The book shows the need for automated testing, a focus on security right from the design stage.
DevOps is a culture
Yes it is and this book makes it clear why it's so. It makes it clear why all arms of the IT and business should work hand in hand to achieve goals and why for instance business KPIs should be reflected in application monitoring KPIs. Return on R&D spend, prioritising features that bring business value, paying down technical debt are all aspects that need to be considered in a DevOps culture.
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