Agile DevOps teams – organizing principles design
In the second part of this chapter, starting with this section, we will look at an approach to define the core of your DevOps 360 model WoW by examining organizing and, consequently, operating principles. This exercise is fundamental as it lays the foundation of how you will organize from a DevOps context perspective, which will sequentially be reconciled with your business enterprise agility model, comprising your complete Agile DevOps WoW model. In the upcoming sections, we will outline a proven approach to conduct this exercise in the form of steps. We will take a representative real-world example and use the Spotify model as the business enterprise agility model.
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This exercise should be carried out behind closed doors to ensure minimal organizational disturbance, resistance, and uncertainty. Due to its influence on upcoming responsibility distribution, it can turn into a diplomatic and political matter, so it is...