2024-05-15 –, Auditorium
People over process over tools. Why do we say that when we talk about DevOps? How does that phrase explain the basics of this transformation? Let's talk about it! In this talk, we'll dig down into the fundamentals of DevOps to understand why it's still relevant today in a world full of hot takes and new paradigms like platform engineering. In particular, we'll explore the typical people problems that block organizational changes in processes, why changing tools won't fix the underlying cultural issue, and how you can use this knowledge to help your organization make a successful transformation, whether that's a classic DevOps transformation or adding the platform engineering idea to your already successful DevOps world. Whether you're an individual contributor, a manager, or an executive, let's explore why successful organizational change requires us to think of people over process over tools.
As a Lead Developer Advocate at Dell Technologies, Laura Santamaria loves to learn and explain how things work to bridge the gaps in engineering disciplines. She is a cohost for the the Cloud Native Compass podcast and was the curator for A Minute on the Mic, a cohost for The Hallway Track podcast, and the host of Quick Bites of Cloud Engineering. As a community member, she co-hosts multiple meetups in the Austin, Texas, area, including Cloud Austin. For many years, she taught Python for the Women Who Code Austin meetup, as well. She is an organizer for DevOpsDays Austin, DevOpsDays Texas, and PyTexas, all community-run conferences. For the past few years, she has been a returning program committee member for Open Source Summit’s Cloud Open track that explores cloud infrastructure and cloud apps. Outside of tech, Laura runs, reads, and watches clouds—the real kind.