Published • DevOps & transformation
Change the way you deliver. Start with the way you think.
A story about people, collaboration and the realities of DevOps adoption.
Join the Agents of Chaos and the people of Big Corp as they navigate organizational change, challenge familiar assumptions and explore a DevOps mindset.
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Co-authored by Brent Reed, Navigating DevOps Through Waterfalls explores the people, practices and organizational challenges involved in changing how technology work gets done.
Who it is for
Technology leaders, delivery teams, architects and change practitioners navigating DevOps adoption in established enterprises.
Explore the bigger picture
Use the book as a starting point for conversations about collaboration, organizational boundaries and continuous improvement.
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The people behind the transformation
Explore the characters of Navigating DevOps Through Waterfalls.
Disciplined Agile & DevOps
Agent 77
Brings an Agile toolkit and a DevOps mindset to the team’s transformation journey.
Pragmatic change
Agent 13
Champions simplicity and practical choices, helping teams question unnecessary complexity.
Intent & value
Agent 9
Challenges the purpose and value of existing processes to encourage reflection and improvement.
The quiet observer
Agent 14
The scribe and illustrator who captures the mood, context and nuances of the journey.
The CIO
Maverick
Sees the need for organizational change and brings the Agents of Chaos into Big Corp.
The IT manager
Barker
Faces the pressure of translating executive expectations into changes his team can deliver.
Executive expectations
The Overlords
Set the executive direction that launches Big Corp’s DevOps transformation.
Operations & automation
Automaton
A perfectionist and operations specialist, drawn to infrastructure as code and automation.
Quality & testing
Umpty
A cautious quality testing lead who questions whether automation can solve everything.
Development
Rabbit
A quiet, capable developer who brings a thoughtful perspective from the code.
Development & UX
Boundless
An enthusiastic new developer and UX upstart, eager to get moving.
Business analysis
Wiggle
A business analyst balancing delivery pressures with questions about what change really means.
Operations & infrastructure
Knight
An operations lead and infrastructure architect committed to making the release happen.
Front-end development
Redline
A developer and front-end specialist who recognizes the value of coaching and shared learning.
Reimagined character artwork. These exploratory designs differ from the illustrations in the published edition.
Authors & contributors
Authors: Brent A. Reed, Willy Schaub and Mathew Mathai. Editor: Lauren Mix. Illustrations: David Hughes-Coppins. Foreword: Scott Ambler.
Reader resources
For companion-resource enquiries, discussion sessions or speaking opportunities, contact Brent through Human Machines.
Make a book enquiry →The story continues
A forthcoming work, Navigating AI Through Silos (working title), is in development. It brings visual storytelling, interviews and leadership analysis to the challenges of enterprise AI.
Explore the forthcoming book →