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DevOps Team Structure for Enterprise

http://blog.matthewskelton.net/2013/10/22/what-team-structure-is-right-for-devops-to-flourish/

I found this blog to be fascinating and a very good representations of different DevOps model.  First off, a full stacked team that builds, releases and operates its own service is the best hands down.  The problem is very few enterprises are doing this.  So the question is what do you do instead.  My opinion is DevOps as a service is the next best model for enterprises. Here is why:

Teams in an enterprise either don't know how or aren't allowed time to do automation.  This means a DevOps as a service team can work with the teams to do all the large up front building and then, teach the teams to own it from there. You have to let the teams own it because pipelines are continuously changing and maturing.  The IaC solutions should be changing and adapting to the needs of dev and ops.  The DevOps team can't stay on one team for too long or you will miss more and more opportunities for improvement across the enterprise.

An option to make sure the "DevOps" keeps going on the team you just helped is to leave an automation engineer with the team or area to mature their pipelines and IaC but working with the team as their goals are alligned.  DevOps is evolving frequently so find a way to keep the engineer engaged with our DevOps service so new ideas and solutions are spread through the enterprise.



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