Alex-Yates/dealing_with_the_other_people.txt

## dealing_with_the_other_people.txt
"No mater what they tell you, it's always a people problem."
Gerald Weinberg

DevOps, DevSecOps, BizDevOps, DataOps, KittenOps...

It's over a decade since Andrew Clay Shafer first described the "wall of confusion" between development and operations. By now many of us have been hacking away at it for years, and in some places we've made progress. However, at the same time the wall has been sprouting new limbs and reinforcing itself, further dividing our organisations into warring tribes and, ultimately, conquering them.

In this session we'll start by staging a debate between an ex- "wild west" "DevOps-ist" and an ex-grumpy DBA as a case study to explore the reasons why most of us, unintentionally, are predisposed to reinforce the walls rather than tear them down.

This is a session about trust, vulnerability, unconscious biasses and politics. We'll also touch on ITIL, Agile and risk management, but we are here first and foremost to talk about people, collaboration and teamwork.

It's time to tear down the wall.
	"No mater what they tell you, it's always a people problem."
	Gerald Weinberg

	DevOps, DevSecOps, BizDevOps, DataOps, KittenOps...

	It's over a decade since Andrew Clay Shafer first described the "wall of confusion" between development and operations. By now many of us have been hacking away at it for years, and in some places we've made progress. However, at the same time the wall has been sprouting new limbs and reinforcing itself, further dividing our organisations into warring tribes and, ultimately, conquering them.

	In this session we'll start by staging a debate between an ex- "wild west" "DevOps-ist" and an ex-grumpy DBA as a case study to explore the reasons why most of us, unintentionally, are predisposed to reinforce the walls rather than tear them down.

	This is a session about trust, vulnerability, unconscious biasses and politics. We'll also touch on ITIL, Agile and risk management, but we are here first and foremost to talk about people, collaboration and teamwork.

	It's time to tear down the wall.