Lately, I've been having a lot of conversations with conference goers. Most attend numerous conferences, have great hallway discussions and yet are too hesitant to submit a proposal with their story. The reasons vary, but the hesitation (or even fear) to present a topic publicly is pretty common in our industry. Being a fairly new speaker myself, I can relate to a lot of these concerns. Hence the reason for this talk.
This talk covers a few of the more common objections to public speaking, recommendations on how to address them as well as tips for new (and maybe veteran) speakers. Everyone has a story. That story should be heard.
There are plenty of materials on getting development and operations to work together. More conversations are happening around inclusion of other technology groups, such as DBAs and QA testers, into DevOps processes. That said, DevOps conversations has been largely devoid of talk about BizOps place at the table. The goal for any tech-centric group is not to build and/or architect the best technology, but rather to effectively support business. Yet, many of those groups are either not privy to or don't bother understanding the business goals and overarching effects of the technical decisions made. In this talk I'll discuss key areas and feedback points in every DevOps process fit for inclusion of business units in order to align technology and business goals and make your life easier.
Lately, I've been having a lot of conversations with conference goers. Most attend numerous conferences, have great hallway discussions and yet are too hesitant to submit a proposal with their story. The reasons vary, but the hesitation (or even fear) to present a topic publicly is pretty common in our industry. Being a fairly new speaker myself, I can relate to a lot of these concerns. Hence the reason for this talk.
This talk covers a few of the more common objections to public speaking, recommendations on how to address them as well as tips for new (and maybe veteran) speakers. Everyone has a story. That story should be heard.
There are plenty of materials on getting development and operations to work together. More conversations are happening around inclusion of other technology groups, such as DBAs and QA testers, into DevOps processes. That said, DevOps conversations has been largely devoid of talk about BizOps place at the table. The goal for any tech-centric group is not to build and/or architect the best technology, but rather to effectively support business. Yet, many of those groups are either not privy to or don't bother understanding the business goals and overarching effects of the technical decisions made. In this talk I'll discuss key areas and feedback points in every DevOps process fit for inclusion of business units in order to align technology and business goals and make your life easier.
