Industrial DevOps: Build Better Systems Faster

by Dr. Suzette Johnson, Robin Yeman

"Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman have masterfully crafted a comprehensive and actionable guide, empowering organizations to establish teams and capabilities that surpass the competition in both insight and agility." ―Kyle Fox, SOSi Chief Technology Officer The benefits of adopting agile ways of working are well-understood in the digital world. But those in cyber-physical systems (combining software, hardware, and firmware) think it is risky. But with today's speed of change, maybe the risk is in not changing. Industrial Build Better Systems Faster  shows readers how applying Agile and DevOps ways of working into cyber-physical systems presents the opportunity to reap huge rewards, including increased adaptability, shorter delivery schedules, reduced development cost, increased quality, and higher transparency into delivery. This book shows you how to couple the results of Agile and DevOps implementation in development with Lean and Agile in manufacturing. Through a successful application of nine key principles, Industrial DevOps provides the foundational success patterns for the development of cyber-physical systems in the digital age. The benefits that have been obtained across industries can be transferred to the cyber-physical domain and they have the potential to provide an even greater impact in the delivery of products. “Agile practices evolve fastest when they are based on a stable and timeless foundation. In this book, Suzette Johnson and Robin Yeman present the foundation needed for organizations to adopt―and evolve―Industrial DevOps in a way that helps them realize greater business agility." ―Luke Hohmann, co-author Software Profit Streams™, SAFe Fellow

352 pages, Paperback

Published October 10, 2023

Reviews

[William · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fine summary of many management books. As with most management books, I wish there were more "how." Top level concepts are important but examples of how to actually implement things would be very helpful. For example, decomposition of work into loosely coupled modules would be great but instead there is just a table of terms in which several seem to be the same. Yes, the devil is in the details and each project needs to tailor the top level solutions but show us how sometime.

[Dan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is quite a good book, with solid foundation in research. The book is structured into 3 parts, the middle one being the most important, where the industrial devops principles are presented. The description is supplemented by examples, and at the emd of each chapter are the key takeaways and helpful questions to get started in your own joirney.

[Allison Stoner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Got this book at the Devops Summit in Vegas. Flipping through it looks like a lot of useful information. Will definitely be a great resource going forward! Dr. Johnson and Ms. Yeman spoke at the conference about Industrial Devops. I really enjoyed what they had to say.

[Tim Wikström · Rating 3 out of 5]

Expected more about the industrial and cyberphysical context and the constraints around that.

Felt more like a glossary of concepts from DevOps. Many similarities to Sooner, Safer, Happier, but with less depth.

The last chapter was quite good

[Kristjan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Known concepts packed together.