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What is the Business Case for DevOps?

Everyone wants to do DevOps. But only a few understand what DevOps is and what it does with your company.

The Challenge
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When you want to introduce DevOps in a company you need to convince decision-makers that it is worth investing money, time, and resources into the DevOps transformation. They will ask you about the business case and the return on investment of DevOps.

What You Will Learn
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In this talk, I show you how to convince the decision-maker about the business case and the return on investment of DevOps, so that you get the money, time, and resources for your DevOps transformation.

Key Topics
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1. The Business Case How to frame DevOps in business terms that decision-makers understand. Not technology jargon, but value, risk, and competitive advantage.

2. Return on Investment Concrete methods to calculate and demonstrate the ROI of DevOps investments. With real numbers from real transformations.

3. The Cost of Inaction A mathematical model to calculate the cost of unused features or poorly developed features, making the case for why doing nothing is the most expensive option.

45 min English

Target Audience

  • Engineering Managers and Tech Leads
  • CTOs and Technology Leaders
  • DevOps Champions and Advocates
  • Anyone who needs to justify DevOps investments

Key Takeaways

  • Understand how to build a compelling business case for DevOps
  • Learn how to calculate the return on investment of DevOps transformation
  • Convince decision-makers to invest in DevOps
  • Use a mathematical model to calculate the cost of unused or poorly developed features

Resources

Past Events

EventDateLocation
ContainerDays 201925 Jun 2019Hamburg, Germany
DevOpsDays Zurich 201914 May 2019Zurich, Switzerland
DevOps Enterprise Summit Virtual - Europe1 Jun 2022Online