You’re probably a believer in the benefits of continuous delivery and DevOps (why else would you be at this meetup?). The rest of your organization... maybe not so much. Maybe you’re getting pushback on changes you believe will make your organization better. Maybe you’re not sure where or how to start to give yourself the best chance of making a change that will work. I’ll give you some tactics to start your journey toward continuous delivery (or toward any meaningful change, for that matter). I’ll also show how you might apply those tactics to address a specific challenge: adding test automation to a large legacy codebase. The goal is that you walk away with more tools in your “change toolkit” and a little more enthusiasm for shaking things up for the better where you work.

1. Tactics To Kickstart Your Journey
Toward Continuous Delivery
DC Continuous Delivery Meetup
August 25, 2015

2. Let’s make this a dialogue.
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3. My journey.

4. Wahoowa.
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5. I used to work here.

6. Now I work here.

7. (You may have heard of us.)
DC Software
Craftsman User
Group (DCSCUG)
DC Scrum User
Group
Alt .NET
DC
International
Institute of
Business Analysis
(IIBA)
User Experience
Professionals
Association
(UXPA DC)
Tech Talk DC
(Polyglots unite)
Agile Defense
Proponents Team
(ADAPT)
DC Continuous
Delivery
(DCCD)
Agile Leadership
Network
(ALN-DC)
django-district
DC Business
Intelligentsia
(DCBI)
DevOpsDC

8. I used to be this guy.
https://thatcleverchick.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/man_looking_at_stack_of_papers.jpeghttp://educationblog.serif.com/assets/images/2012/05/mark-ingram1.jpg
Coincidence?

9. Then I became this guy.
http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/still-image/ibm/ibm_people/ibm.man_looking_at_stack_of_papers.102649709.lg.jpg
Coincidence?

10. Then I read this.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71sYKaNItcL.jpg

11. And this.
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12. #ContinuousDelivery #DevOps #FTW
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13. Making life better with IT.
http://glad.is/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/smilefaces.jpg

14. Change can be beautiful…
https://www.flickr.com/photos/esqenzo/268064771

15. It can feel different, though…
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16. DevOps is people.
http://www.jackhumphrey.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hartman.png

17. More tools.

18. Tactics for change.

19. Find (or create) your champion.
http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/Captain-America-3-Avengers-Characters-Roster.jpg

20. Who is a good champion?
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http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1956193/images/o-JUDGE-GAVEL-facebook.jpg
http://www.corynikkel.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Conductor-Influence.jpg
http://www.maluproperties.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Budgeting-Money-300x235.jpg

21. def why_are_we_doing_devops
return “devops”
end
Understand the “why”.
Wrong.

22. Link to a business goal.
http://bravegirlsclub.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/WhatIsMostImportantRightNow-sm.jpg

23. It’s good for business.
https://puppetlabs.com/sites/default/files/styles/panopoly_image_full/public/report_cta_graphic_su.png?itok=aRebkcBX

24. 30xmore frequent deploys.
200xshorter lead times.
60xfewer failed deployments.
168xfaster MTTR.
How good? This good.

25. If you thought it was a fluke...
http://thecloudnetwork.net/sites/default/files/field/image/2014-12-02_21-22-52.png

26. 2xmore likely to exceed profitability,
market share, and productivity goals.
50% higher market cap growth over
three years.
Business relevance.

27. It’s good for humans, too.
http://noord.loodswezen.nl/~/media/SiteLoodswezen/Images/Noord/Loodswezen-Noord-tender-Hercules-500px.ashx?h=333&w=500

28. Make it personal.
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29. Involve the head and heart.
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30. Build a coalition of the willing.
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31. Who has the most pain?
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32. May not be many to start…
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33. Take baby steps.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/126560492@N05/15696303925/

34. Small. Focused. Quick.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lightninglandon/4777421101

35. Don’t be this guy.
http://www.nairaland.com/600403/john-okafor-tries-boil-atlantic

36. Communicate3.
http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/462967/Blog/GBS-meme.jpg

37. Use data.
http://www.newvoicemedia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/IMG_0997.jpg
Start here.

38. Use stories.
http://evanblackerby.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Stories-Spread.jpg

39. Tactics applied to
test automation.

40. DevOps Enterprise Forum.

41. Your codebase.
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42. Painful releases.
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43. Prolonged outages.

44. Long release cycles.
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45. Signoffs.
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46. Silos.
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47. Do you have automated testing?
http://memegenerator.net/instance/61147726

48. The situation.
Let’s make one small update.
Change that one. What could
possibly go wrong?
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49. Vicious cycle.
http://technical-debt.org/cycle.png

50. Test automation!
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51. Virtuous cycle.
https://devopsguys.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/virtuous-cycle-of-devops-technical-debt-repayment.png

52. Asking the boss.
http://memecrunch.com/image/5254e1b81605fb0d1a000001.jpg?w=400

53. Anticipate objections.
http://www.inc.com/uploaded_files/image/1940x900/hurdles-track_1940x900_33807.jpg

54. “Not enough time or money.”
http://www.negotiationlawblog.com/uploads/image/ZeroSumLogoBig.jpg

55. Thoughts and feels.
http://image.naldzgraphics.net/2011/11/8-clients-shoes.jpg

56. Overcoming objections.
http://cdn.hitfix.com/photos/5976048/leonard-nimoy-spock_article_story_large.jpg

57. Create schedule space.
https://sbgintert.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/movingdaygarage1.jpg
Work here.

58. Shorten time to payoff.
http://www.klangundkleid.de/img/kleid/shirts/2010728135444-SesameSt.GroverNearFar_SlimFit.jpg

59. Address value proposition.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/59937401@N07/5857913848

60. Your gameplan.
http://sites.psu.edu/sdengler/wp-content/uploads/sites/6523/2013/09/football-gameplan-chalkboard.jpg

61. Provide justification.
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62. And more justification.
http://image.slidesharecdn.com/spark2013-140202231243-phpapp01/95/spark-2013-presentation-of-making-the-enterprise-agile-9-638.jpg?cb=1391382923

63. And it’s backed up.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Eb%2BdU3WRL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

64. Metric Before After
Time to produce a viable
build or Minimum Viable
Build (MVB)
48 hours <30 minutes
Defects exposed to
production
49/year 2/year
Time spent on
regression
20% of release time (15
days)
5% of release time (4
days)
System Test (API)
Coverage %
15% (estimated) 68%
Cycle time to run full test
suite
15-20 days 2.5 hours
Feature time % 15% 55%
If you want more justification…

65. And that’s backed up, too.
http://www.csgi.com/img/logo_csgi.png http://i.ytimg.com/vi/f4et0EGvKXA/maxresdefault.jpg

66. Automated smoke tests.
https://watirmelon.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/automatedtestingpyramid.png
Start here.

67. What to test?
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Test here.

68. How many tests?
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69. Automate manual tests.
http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/amber_humanoid_robot_walks.jpg

70. Weekend “debt” hackathon.
https://www.facebook.com/excellaconsulting/photos/a.456021701105167.104313.152410311466309/945529832154349/?type=1&theater

71. Information radiators.

72. More tactics.

73. Don’t waste a good crisis.
“Now is my chance…”
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74. If you disagree with me…
http://orig01.deviantart.net/6ef4/f/2007/084/a/a/asshat_by_kellehthedread.jpg

75. But person != problem.
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76. Takeaways.

77. Change is possible.
http://courageousquesting.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/CQ-doodle-change-is-possibe-002.jpghttp://refe99.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Im-going-to-change-my-life-today.jpg

78. And easier with the right tools.
http://centralcolour.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/marketing-tools.jpg

79. It might be bumpy.
http://imgick.nj.com/home/njo-media/width620/img/jersey-journal/photo/2014/02/14235719-mmmain.jpg

80. And slower than you’d like.
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81. But it will be worth it.
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82. Me.
Jeff Gallimore
jeff.gallimore@excella.com
@jgallimore
http://itsanicelife.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgallimore

84. Me.
Jeff Gallimore
jeff.gallimore@excella.com
@jgallimore
http://itsanicelife.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgallimore