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Need DevOps buy-in? Here's how to convince stakeholders

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Sara Kassabian
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1,080
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English
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Summary

DevOps is crucial for maintaining agility in a competitive market, yet technology teams in non-tech organizations often struggle to gain support from business stakeholders due to communication gaps and misaligned incentives. Google Developer Advocate Nathen Harvey highlights the need to align incentives within tech teams and between tech and business units, emphasizing the benefits of DevOps in balancing agility and stability. Research from Google's DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) shows that elite DevOps performers achieve faster deployments with fewer failures and quicker recovery times. Successful implementation requires empathy, strategic communication, and presenting evidence of DevOps' business value. By understanding stakeholders' motivations and demonstrating the tangible benefits of DevOps, tech teams can secure the necessary buy-in from key decision-makers for enhancing business agility.

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