DevOps Center of Excellence
CoEs have become a mainstream industry approach in recent years to establish, enable, and orchestrate DevOps adoptions. A DevOps CoE is most often perceived and enabled as a function where rare DevOps experts are concentrated, aiming to enable organizational DevOps excellence. DevOps CoEs have various operating models without a standard shape but nonetheless with some commonalities around proven practices. This chapter discusses core aspects of DevOps CoEs, as well as proven practices, by comparing four different use cases from incumbent banks.
What is the value proposition for the CoE and its potential roles?
A DevOps enterprise evolution is a demanding endeavor. Legacy, culture, capability fragmentation, lack of expertise, leadership misalignment, multi-dependencies, and “Trust me, I’m an engineer” arguments will all raise barriers and can even generate adverse effects moving you toward further DevOps complexity instead of harmony...
