DevOps Emergence
Key Concepts
CALMS
Lean and Agile
Business Benefits
100

This two word combination describes the word DevOps.

Development and Operations.

100

This project management methodology emphasizes a sequential progression through stages like requirements, design, and implementation?

Waterfall Methodology

100

This was the result of In Margaret Heffernan's 'super-chicken model', ie, this is what  happened to the productivity of the elite 'superflock'

Productivity plummeted because the chickens suppressed each other's success to the point that most were dead.

100

In the Agile Manifesto, this is prioritized over 'processes and tools'

  • Individuals and interactions.
100

This is the reason why a blame-free view of failure aligns with a growth mindset?

It assumes that both people and organizations are capable of learning, growing, and improving from mistakes.

200

This is the reason it is considered a disservice to limit DevOps thinking to only those who write or deploy software.

DevOps principles should be applied throughout the entire organization for a sustainable business.

200

According to Chapter 12, this is how tools interact with "broken" cultures?

Tools do not fix them; they only expose and exacerbate existing negative conditions.

200
  • This pillar of DevOps refers to the intentional processes and common purpose of individuals working together?

Collaboration

200

In the Agile Manifesto, this is prioritized over 'following a plan'?

Responding to change.

200

This term describes the predefined development cycles used in the Scrum methodology?

Sprints.

300

These meetings are held after a failure where people learn from mistakes without being chastised.

Blameless Postmortems

300

This is the likely outcome for software components designed by two teams that do not communicate well?

The components will likely not work together effectively.

300

This is the primary 'anti-pattern' identified in DevOps regarding cultural fit?

Hiring based on social similarities, like 'beer buddies,' rather than shared organizational values.

300

This is the name of the group of software development methodologies designed to be more lightweight and flexible than sequential methods.

Agile

300

This is the manufacturing system where the concept of "Lean" originated

The Toyota Production System (TPS).

400

This is how the relationship between developers and operations was described in the "Old Way" of culture.

Siloed, with developers "throwing code over the metaphorical wall" to ops.

400

This mindset is the belief that talents and abilities can be learned and improved through effort, practice, and learning from failure

Growth Mindset

400

This is the primary goal of Continuous Integration (CI)?

To integrate new code into a mainline branch frequently to avoid integration problems.

400

The Agile Manifesto values working software over detailed [Blank] ------

Documentation

400

In the context of Lean, This is how the term "waste" is defined?

Any part of the system that does not add value.

500

This is why diversity is considered critical for innovation in teams?

It brings differing ideas, perspectives, and viewpoints from varied backgrounds.

500

This mindset is the belief that skills and traits are innate and static, leading individuals to feel they must constantly prove themselves.

Fixed Mindset

500

This is the risk of using 'cultural fit' as a hiring criterion without clear values?

It can lead to a team that is too homogenous and exclusionary.

500

This is the typical duration of a Scrum sprint?


Between one week and one month.

500

This person is responsible for facilitating the Scrum process and removing blockers for the team?

The Scrum master