Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Lean DevOps Deliver the Outcomes that Matter ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.leandevops.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://www.leandevops.com/blog/) - Musings about the world of Lean DevOps and on-demand IT service delivery - [How DevOps Failed & Can Rise Again](https://www.leandevops.com/how-devops-failed-could-rise-again/) - We’re far from the only industry that has managed to screw up a good thing. But there is hope we can recover. We can look to John Boyd, the inventor of the OODA loop, and his journey as a guide. - [Inventory and Building Cloud Services](https://www.leandevops.com/inventory-and-building-cloud-services/) - I regularly encounter delivery teams that are excited about turning everything as a cloud service, and then watch them create an unmanageable mess of everything. What they have overlooked in the process is the importance of maintaining situational awareness - ["Cloud" != Using Hypervisors](https://www.leandevops.com/cloud-using-hypervisors/) - I spend a lot of time speaking with customers, vendors, analysts, and “cloud providers” about IT Cloud services. It never ceases to amaze me how many think Cloud is nothing more than a guest Operating System running under a VMWare or Xen hypervisor. This incredibly narrow view entirely misses the point of Cloud and its real potential. - [The Dangers of Blind Trust](https://www.leandevops.com/the-dangers-of-blind-trust/) - Do not blindly trust that your instrumentation is giving you the complete picture of your delivery ecosystem. How many times have you found yourself in a situation where ev… - [Observability is Not Always Enough](https://www.leandevops.com/obserability-is-not-always-enough/) - Mental models can change what you see and how you perceive the world around you, often in ways that you do not expect. - [Cognitive Tunneling](https://www.leandevops.com/cognitive-tunneling/) - While our brain is big and powerful, just like any system it can only handle so much at any given time. - [The Misconceptions of Delivering in the Cloud](https://www.leandevops.com/the-misconceptions-of-delivering-in-the-cloud/) - Delivering scalable on-demand services is difficult to do using traditional IT delivery approaches. To understand why, you first must understand how traditional IT delivery became so broken in the first place. https://www.leandevops.com/the-misconceptions-of-delivering-in-the-cloud/ - [The Confusion of DevOps](https://www.leandevops.com/the-confusion-of-devops/) - There is a lot of confusion around the term "DevOps" these days. At its core it is really about delivering outcomes more effectively. - [The Boeing 737 MAX Saga](https://www.leandevops.com/the-boeing-737-max-saga/) - Beware: what you incentivize for will more often than not fail to achieve the outcomes you desire ## Pages - [Home](https://www.leandevops.com/) - Lean DevOps is a practical guide to on-demand delivery that combines the principles of Lean with the Continuous Delivery and service ownership of DevOps - [Book](https://www.leandevops.com/book/) - Deliver target outcomes more effectively As service stacks grow more complex, meeting customer expectations for speed, consistency, reliability, security, privacy, and value becomes ever tougher. Layering on new cloud technologies, architectural approaches, or methodologies can aggravate the problem by widening the gap between what delivery teams think they're delivering and what the customers actually experience. - [Principles](https://www.leandevops.com/principles/) - Principles The Five Key Pillars to Lean DevOps Lean DevOps is about delivering the outcomes that matter. It combines the principles of Lean with Continuous Delivery and Service Ownership of DevOps. Each of the five pillars provides the necessary foundation to help you and your organization decide and deliver more effectively. Outcome - [Outcome Driven](https://www.leandevops.com/outcome-driven/) - How do you determine if you are delivering effectively? The answer is not as straightforward as you might think... - [Learning](https://www.leandevops.com/learning/) - Learning Coming Soon! - [Mission Command](https://www.leandevops.com/mission-command/) - Mission Command Coming Soon! - [Situational Awareness](https://www.leandevops.com/situational-awareness/) - Situational Awareness Coming Soon! - [Resources](https://www.leandevops.com/resources/) - This page contains a number of links to papers I wrote, material from the book Lean DevOps, as well as various influences and other reading you might find helpful for your Lean DevOps journey. - [About](https://www.leandevops.com/about-us/) - About Robert Robert Benefield is an experienced technical leader with decades of experience solving hard problems and delivering robust on-demand services in industries as diverse as banking, energy, telecom, government, medical, and internet services. 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