The Cynefin Model for
Operational Transformation
Dave Mangot
@davemangot
Director of Operations
Librato & Papertrail
DevOpsDays Austin 2016
Cynefin
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Cynefin
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Cynefin
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Cynefin
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SoT
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databass!
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SoT
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Test/Staging Environments
Test/Staging Environments
Test/Staging Environments
Test/Staging Environments
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Kickstart/Jumpstart/Preseed/etc.
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https://www.getfilecloud.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CMTs1.
Proprietary Vendor Solutions
● Cryptocards
● Storage Devices
● HSMs
● Network
● SANs
● etc.
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All OSS?
Of course not
1. Pluggable/Extensible
2. Composable
3. ZOMG! BEWARE THE OPERATOR
DASHBOARD
Proprietary Vendor Solutions
Just because it’s always been broken, doesn’t mean we
shouldn’t fix it
Special thanks to @petercnorton & @davejosephsen

The Cynefin Model for Operational Transformation