The DevOps Way of Working

The field of DevOps is now in its 11th year and still relatively new. Not long ago, the job title “DevOps engineer” did not exist. But like many things in technology, radical change can happen in flash. Within the past few years and 37% of respondents to the Upskilling IT 2022 Survey said they had recently hired or plan to hire someone for that title. A job title is one thing, but the practice of DevOps Engineering and the journey of DevOps includes many key topics around culture, processes, and the technology ecosystem. While there are unique journeys, cultures, and technical challenges, we all agree that delivering quality software with speed and reliability is a key differentiator for almost all organizations, independent of vertical, region, or size. The SKILbook on DevOps Engineering was written for those who want to pursue DevOps Engineering to achieve great things.

Eveline Oehrlich is Chief Research Officer at DevOps Institute. As former VP and Research Director at Forrester Research, Eveline led and conducted research around a variety of topics including DevOps, Digital Operational Excellence, Cognitive Intelligence, and Application Performance Management for 12 years. She is the author of many research papers and thought leadership pieces and a well-known presenter and speaker. She has more than 25 years of experience in IT.

Her passion is to help companies transform their IT organization, processes, and tools towards high-performing teams enabling their business partners to achieve better business results. She has helped some of the largest enterprises across the world to adopt new strategies, workflows, and automation within their journey towards a digital business.