The key to implementing DevOps successfully lies in empowering QA teams to take the lead in driving change within an organization. By leveraging their holistic view of the entire environment and automation capabilities, QA teams can identify bottlenecks, quantify technical debt, and point out areas for improvement. With greater empowerment, QA teams can recommend tools, transition to more test strategy, gain exposure to the roadmap, and shift from a reactive to proactive focus. This enables organizations to move towards DevOps without major organizational changes or reliance on special hires, and ultimately benefits from increased visibility of the QA team's influence in shaping processes and tools.