The Three Ways: The Principles Underpinning DevOps

The Three Ways: The Principles Underpinning DevOps

The “Three Ways” are principles that all of the DevOps patterns can be derived from, which we’re using in both the “DevOps Handbook” and “The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win.” We assert that the Three Ways describe the values and philosophies that frame the processes, procedures, practices, and practices of DevOps.

The First Way: Flow/Systems Thinking

Emphasizes performance of the entire system, as opposed to the performance of a specific silo of work or department

The Second Way: Amplify Feedback Loops

The goal of almost any process improvement initiative is to shorten and amplify feedback loops so necessary corrections can be continually made. The outcomes include understanding and responding to all customers, internal and external, shortening and amplifying all feedback loops, and embedding knowledge where needed

Culture of Continual Experimentation and Learning

The Third Way is about creating a culture that fosters two things: continual experimentation, taking risks and learning from failure; and understanding that repetition and practice is the prerequisite to mastery.

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