DevOps is normal - or isn’t it? Who can claim DevOps normalcy for their company in good conscience?

While most DevOps discussions are focused on the how, Schlomo asks the question when DevOps is normal and what needs to happen before everybody thinks so.

Starting with a new DevOps definition this talk suggests a simple chain of arguments that compares the DevOps transformation with learning how to drive. Same as it is normal nowadays for adults to have a driver’s license, so normal should be DevOps in IT. This analogy is also suited for an elevator pitch to convince management of the should-be normalcy of the DevOps approach.

The DevOps definition allows the audience to win every DevOps argument and thereby turn DevOps into the new normal. Examples illustrate new ways to introduce DevOps into an existing company.