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Four Ways to Improve DevOps Visibility

Overview

DevOps, by design, works quickly and accomplishes deadline-driven projects rapidly. With this high amount of project turnover, visibility into key operational data is easy to mismanage and can lead to simple mistakes, lack of optimization, and organizational misalignment. To examine the effect of DevOps Visibility, SmartDraw commissioned the 2019 DevOps Visibility Report. The results were decisive: each company surveyed is seeking ways to better DevOps visibility, and 84% of respondents list it as somewhat to extremely important to their organization. But achieving DevOps visibility is not always simple.

Roadblocks to Achieving DevOps Visibility

Respondents identified that visibility reports take skilled workers away from their other priorities. In a small, fast-moving, lean team, removing a skilled worker from a key deadline-driven task can cause performance and timeliness to suffer.

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5 Tips to Evangelize DevOps in Your Company

While the DevOps movement has continued to see adoption across organizations of all sizes, it can still be difficult to initiate the changes needed to roll out DevOps. If you are in the exciting position of starting a DevOps initiative, these 5 tips will help you evangelize it to your company.

Know Your Audience

Make it a top priority to identify your different audiences. You can do this by gathering feedback from all affected by DevOps initiatives. Determine their pain points and drivers, then optimize your message for each of your audiences.