# What is the Business Case for DevOps?

> When you want to introduce DevOps you need to convince decision-makers it is worth investing. I will show you how to make the business case and the return on investment of DevOps.

- Date: 2019-01-31
- Source: https://romanoroth.com/en/speaking/what-is-the-business-case-for-devops/
- Tags: DevOps, Business Case, ROI, Transformation


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

## The Challenge

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

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

**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.