Offering the team autonomy, ownership, 
and shared responsibility

DevOps leaders can empower their teams by promoting ownership and fostering teamwork. However, it is crucial to recognize the importance of understanding and maintaining the appropriate degree of intensity for each project. To prevent burnout and animosity, leaders must possess a comprehensive operational awareness of the actual working conditions, their context, and the strategic approach required. A leader must possess the knowledge of when to strategically utilize intense sprints and when to exercise restraint and reallocate resources. In other words, a leader must make intelligent decisions on the utilization of available resources with empathy in mind.

Instilling a sense of autonomy, ownership, and empowerment within the DevOps team is one of the most critical elements that a leader can do to establish an atmosphere that is characterized by trust, respect, and empathy. The members of the team should be...