Businesses are demanding ever shorter release cycles for applications and features. This has led development teams to largely embrace Agile, yet they still struggle to deliver in a predictable, regular cadence.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, traditional Operations teams are seen as a barrier because of lengthy, bureaucratic controls and delays in provisioning environments and releases to production systems. All of which has sparked a growing movement that embraces DevOps for shortening development cycles by integrating development and operations into the team.<\/p>\n
But DevOps requires a mindset shift, new behaviors and a cultural shift in both sides of the aisle in IT.\u00a0\u00a0Additionally, the business must take a larger role in the development of technology solutions.<\/p>\n
Traditionally each is suspicious of the other, but for DevOps to work, they now must work closely together.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The reason your business and technology teams are at odds is because:<\/p>\n This is where many companies struggle to adopt and deploy DevOps. To be successful, you must change the culture.<\/strong><\/p>\n To solve this issue, we have partnered with GamingWorks, a leader in business simulation game development, to offer\u00a0The Phoenix Project Business Simulation Workshop<\/a> based on the popular book, \u201cThe Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win<\/a>.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n This is unique experiential training where participants will experience the pain of conflicting priorities, the challenges with siloed organizations, and the difference between communication and collaboration in a hands-on manner.<\/p>\n By experiencing the improvements DevOps makes in just one day, they are able to see the long-term benefits for their organization. Also, by experiencing, rather than being told, it makes the learning objectives more permanent.<\/p>\n In the book, the company Parts Unlimited is in trouble. Newspapers are reporting the early demise of the company due to its poor financial performance and outlook. The only way to save the company and make it competitive and profitable is \u201cThe Phoenix Project\u201d – an IT-enabled business transformation.<\/strong><\/p>\n The VP of IT Operations is asked to take the lead of the IT department and ensure that \u201cThe Phoenix Project\u201d will be a success. However, the VP of IT Operations is facing a tremendous amount of work, including projects from HR, Retail Operations, and multiple other issues.<\/p>\n The simulation is based on the book, and challenges your team to use DevOps principles to ensure the \u201cThe Phoenix Project\u201d is finished on time.<\/p>\n Although course objectives can be customized to meet specific learning needs, these are generally the main objectives:<\/p>\nWhy This Happens<\/h2>\n
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