You’re probably a believer in the benefits of continuous delivery and DevOps (why else would you be at this meetup?). The rest of your organization... maybe not so much. Maybe you’re getting pushback on changes you believe will make your organization better. Maybe you’re not sure where or how to start to give yourself the best chance of making a change that will work. I’ll give you some tactics to start your journey toward DevOps (or toward any meaningful change, for that matter). I’ll also show how you might apply those tactics to address a specific challenge: adding test automation to a large legacy codebase. The goal is that you walk away with more tools in your “change toolkit” and a little more enthusiasm for shaking things up for the better where you work.

1. Tactics To Kickstart Your Journey
Toward DevOps
DevOpsDC Meetup
September 15, 2015
https://twitter.com/DEVOPS_BORAT/status/292448698892443649

2. Let’s make this a dialogue.
https://sspwestmont2012.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/img_1122.jpg

3. My journey.

4. Wahoowa.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Uva-logo.png

5. I used to work here.

6. Now I work here.

7. (You may have heard of us.)
DC Software
Craftsman User
Group (DCSCUG)
DC Scrum User
Group
Alt .NET
DC
International
Institute of
Business Analysis
(IIBA)
User Experience
Professionals
Association
(UXPA DC)
Tech Talk DC
(Polyglots unite)
Agile Defense
Proponents Team
(ADAPT)
DC Continuous
Delivery
(DCCD)
Agile Leadership
Network
(ALN-DC)
django-district
DC Business
Intelligentsia
(DCBI)
DevOpsDC

8. I used to be this guy.
https://thatcleverchick.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/man_looking_at_stack_of_papers.jpeghttp://educationblog.serif.com/assets/images/2012/05/mark-ingram1.jpg
Coincidence?

9. Then I became this guy.
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/ibm/ibm_people/ibm.man_looking_at_stack_of_papers.102649709.lg.jpg
Coincidence?

10. Then I read this.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71sYKaNItcL.jpg

11. And this.
http://itrevolution.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/PPhardcover.png

12. #ContinuousDelivery #DevOps #FTW
http://cdn3.volusion.com/wqumr.dvkuc/v/vspfiles/photos/Buddy-excited-cardboard-cutout-2.jpg

13. Making life better with IT.
http://glad.is/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/smilefaces.jpg

14. Change can be beautiful…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/esqenzo/268064771

15. It can feel different, though…
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5446e216e4b0551d2526e025/544d4a67e4b018c6bb5beb54/544d4a71e4b018c6bb5bedb9

16. DevOps is people.
http://www.jackhumphrey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hartman.png

17. More tools.

18. Tactics for change.

19. Find (or create) your champion.
http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Captain-America-3-Avengers-Characters-Roster.jpg

20. Who is a good champion?
http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo/gallery/090122/GAL-09Jan22-1433/media/PHO-09Jan22-147287.jpg
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1956193/images/o-JUDGE-GAVEL-facebook.jpg
http://www.corynikkel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Conductor-Influence.jpg
http://www.maluproperties.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Budgeting-Money-300x235.jpg

21. def why_are_we_doing_devops
return “devops”
end
Understand the “why”.
Wrong.

22. Link to a business goal.
http://bravegirlsclub.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/WhatIsMostImportantRightNow-sm.jpg

23. It’s good for business.
https://puppetlabs.com/sites/default/files/styles/panopoly_image_full/public/report_cta_graphic_su.png?itok=aRebkcBX

24. 30xmore frequent deploys.
200xshorter lead times.
60xfewer failed deployments.
168xfaster MTTR.
How good? This good.

25. If you thought it was a fluke...
http://thecloudnetwork.net/sites/default/files/field/image/2014-12-02_21-22-52.png

26. 2xmore likely to exceed profitability,
market share, and productivity goals.
50% higher market cap growth over
three years.
Business relevance.

27. It’s good for humans, too.
http://noord.loodswezen.nl/~/media/SiteLoodswezen/Images/Noord/Loodswezen-Noord-tender-Hercules-500px.ashx?h=333&w=500

28. Make it personal.
https://ga-core.s3.amazonaws.com/cms/files/files/000/003/044/original/about.me_logo_2015.png

29. Involve the head and heart.
http://lauriehaller.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/20150518-1.jpg

30. Build a coalition of the willing.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fncll/145149313

31. Who has the most pain?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XSS3IBgLdPo/UrEHIZSxfUI/AAAAAAAACK4/00SeIqiiSB4/s1600/009-garcia-vs-matthysse-img_8137.jpg

32. May not be many to start…
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/hand-up-standing-out-from-crowd-200330166-004-stone-getty-compressor.jpg

33. Take baby steps.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126560492@N05/15696303925/

34. Small. Focused. Quick.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lightninglandon/4777421101

35. Don’t be this guy.
http://www.nairaland.com/600403/john-okafor-tries-boil-atlantic

36. Communicate3.
http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/462967/Blog/GBS-meme.jpg

37. Use data.
http://www.newvoicemedia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMG_0997.jpg
Start here.

38. Use stories.
http://evanblackerby.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Stories-Spread.jpg

39. Celebrate success.
http://33.media.tumblr.com/e532ba3d27fd1ab242e67f07edd19b88/tumblr_mw2lb85nrp1shf8zxo7_1280.gif

40. Tactics applied to
test automation.

41. DevOps Enterprise Forum.

42. Your codebase.
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/5/10/1273503176987/13970-lbs-of-pasta-007.jpg

43. Painful releases.
http://cdn.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/gallery/cheerleader-fail/cheerleader_fail_013.jpg

44. Prolonged outages.

45. Long release cycles.
http://academictips.org/blogs/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/geological-time-scale.jpg

46. Signoffs.
http://www.safetysign.com/images/catlog/product/large/J4452.png

47. Silos.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5096/5500714140_5ff438aa98_z.jpg

48. Do you have automated testing?
http://memegenerator.net/instance/61147726

49. The situation.
Let’s make one small update.
Change that one. What could
possibly go wrong?
https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1044/1348380154_7f8644effe_b.jpg

50. Vicious cycle.
http://technical-debt.org/cycle.png

51. Technical debt.
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01468/overloaded-truck_1468760i.jpg

52. Test automation!
http://infosecrockstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/blues.jpg

53. Virtuous cycle.
https://devopsguys.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/virtuous-cycle-of-devops-technical-debt-repayment.png

54. Asking the boss.
http://memecrunch.com/image/5254e1b81605fb0d1a000001.jpg?w=400

55. Anticipate objections.
http://www.inc.com/uploaded_files/image/1940x900/hurdles-track_1940x900_33807.jpg

56. “Not enough time or money.”
http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/uploads/image/ZeroSumLogoBig.jpg

57. Thoughts and feels.
http://image.naldzgraphics.net/2011/11/8-clients-shoes.jpg

58. Overcoming objections.
http://cdn.hitfix.com/photos/5976048/leonard-nimoy-spock_article_story_large.jpg

59. Create schedule space.
https://sbgintert.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/movingdaygarage1.jpg
Work here.

60. Shorten time to payoff.
http://www.klangundkleid.de/img/kleid/shirts/2010728135444-SesameSt.GroverNearFar_SlimFit.jpg

61. Address value proposition.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/59937401@N07/5857913848

62. Your gameplan.
http://sites.psu.edu/sdengler/wp-content/uploads/sites/6523/2013/09/football-gameplan-chalkboard.jpg

63. Provide justification.
http://image.slidesharecdn.com/spark2013-140202231243-phpapp01/95/spark-2013-presentation-of-making-the-enterprise-agile-8-638.jpg?cb=1391382923

64. And more justification.
http://image.slidesharecdn.com/spark2013-140202231243-phpapp01/95/spark-2013-presentation-of-making-the-enterprise-agile-9-638.jpg?cb=1391382923

65. And it’s backed up.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Eb%2BdU3WRL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

66. Metric Before After
Time to produce a viable
build or Minimum Viable
Build (MVB)
48 hours <30 minutes
Defects exposed to
production
49/year 2/year
Time spent on
regression
20% of release time (15
days)
5% of release time (4
days)
System Test (API)
Coverage %
15% (estimated) 68%
Cycle time to run full test
suite
15-20 days 2.5 hours
Feature time % 15% 55%
If you want more justification…

67. And that’s backed up, too.
http://www.csgi.com/img/logo_csgi.png http://i.ytimg.com/vi/f4et0EGvKXA/maxresdefault.jpg

68. Automated smoke tests.
https://watirmelon.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/automatedtestingpyramid.png
Start here.

69. What to test?
https://help.rallydev.com/sites/default/files/multimedia/topfilesdefects.png
Test here.

70. How many tests?
https://essentialingredient.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/0015.jpg

71. Automate manual tests.
http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/amber_humanoid_robot_walks.jpg

72. Weekend “debt” hackathon.
https://www.facebook.com/excellaconsulting/photos/a.456021701105167.104313.152410311466309/945529832154349/?type=1&theater

73. Information radiators.

74. More tactics.

75. Don’t waste a good crisis.
“Now is my chance…”
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/facebook/000/000/043/disaster-girl.jpg

76. If you disagree with me…
http://orig01.deviantart.net/6ef4/f/2007/084/a/a/asshat_by_kellehthedread.jpg

77. But person != problem.
http://www.teddysts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/label-jars-shirt-image.png

78. Takeaways.

79. Change is possible.
http://courageousquesting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/CQ-doodle-change-is-possibe-002.jpghttp://refe99.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Im-going-to-change-my-life-today.jpg

80. And easier with the right tools.
http://centralcolour.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/marketing-tools.jpg

81. It might be bumpy.
http://imgick.nj.com/home/njo-media/width620/img/jersey-journal/photo/2014/02/14235719-mmmain.jpg

82. And slower than you’d like.
http://www.wildcotton.com/img/FullSize/X133-Slow-Traffic.png

83. But it will be worth it.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-f-g-2H9NOJs/Uy1Za_-qMiI/AAAAAAAA0ss/lhfcAUCFhpc/s1600/1000654_10152004058082499_409042668_n.jpg

84. Me.
Jeff Gallimore
jeff.gallimore@excella.com
@jgallimore
http://itsanicelife.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgallimore

86. Me.
Jeff Gallimore
jeff.gallimore@excella.com
@jgallimore
http://itsanicelife.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgallimore