“DevOps is a cultural and professional movement” – Adam Jacob
Below are the core values of DevOps, we will apply these values in this simulation.
Simulation
Build tallest Pyramid with Cup without touching the cups in hand.
Supplies for each team
- Cups
- Rubber band
- Thread
Game Rules
- Identify roles in your team Dev, QA, DD, DBA and Ops.
- Create a strategy how to deliver
- Use only rubber band and thread to handle cups
- Everyone should hold tread to lift cups
- Build tallest Pyramid as possible
- Apply DevOps values
Surprises will be introduced at the last to see how team has prepared for the delivery
- Load test
- Production movement
- Change request
Learnings
- Make work visible – we need to make our work as visible as possible
- Everyone is responsible
- DevOps is about Relationship
- Need to have strong trust within team
- Regular communication and collaboration is must
- Shared blame, success and failure
- Focus on end Goal
- Share contribution
- Empowerment
- Freedom and Accountability
- Reduce batch sizes
- Eliminate hardship and waste in the value stream
- Continuous learning and experimentation
Further Reading:
Introduction to DevOps: Transforming and Improving Operations – John Willis
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