Author team:
Yao Dong, Wang Lijie, Xu Lei, Xu Zhouping
why is there a book
Just because I was in the crowd, I took one more look at you. All of this starts from the beginning of IDCF
Origin IDCF
Time flies like a white horse. It has been four years since we established IDCF, and it has been more than two years since the publication of the last book "Agile and Invincible DevOps Era".
IDCF originated from a gathering in May 2019. We felt the upsurge of the domestic DevOps movement and lacked a systematic and in-depth DevOps talent training system. From this, we came up with the idea of doing IDCF.
The full name of IDCF is International DevOps Coach Federation, which means "International DevOps Coach Federation" in Chinese. IDCF was originally positioned for DevOps coaches. However, in the subsequent promotion and evolution process, we felt more and more that we should not only focus on the DevOps coaching level, so we defined the Slogan (slogan) of "cultivating end-to-end DevOps talents and coaches" and generalized the concept of DevOps coaching. All the way forward, the original intention remains unchanged. "Cultivating end-to-end DevOps talents and coaches" is still highly compatible with what we want to do so far.
At the beginning of last year, we began to consider the mission, vision and values of IDCF during the resumption of the meeting. DevOps has a broad sense and a narrow sense. We advocate the former, but there will be ambiguity when communicating. R&D effectiveness is a new vocabulary in the past two years, which matches with DevOps in a broad sense. For the effectiveness of communication (effect and enablement), we decided to fine-tune our mission to "cultivate end-to-end R&D efficiency talents", and derived the vision of "connecting efficient organizations and individuals". From this, "aggregate everything, extract the essence, and achieve extraordinary results!".
Diligence is the foundation, and sincerity is the supplement. Diligence means you will be wise even if you are stupid, and sincerity can be worn by gold and stone. Over the past four years, we have not changed our original intentions. I believe that our sincerity and diligence are enough to support, maintain and connect us to each other and to others as well.
R&D efficiency DevOps is a practice
Following the "Agile and Invincible DevOps Era", we have successively participated in the translation of several books, but what we have always wondered about is when the next book will start.
Whether it is Brother Dong who has something to say, or case studies, hackathons and other activities, we are constantly moving forward with all the small partners in the IDCF community, constantly improving, and increasingly discovering that the scope involved is getting wider and wider. The talent growth map is the first time we think about what skills end-to-end R&D talents should possess. When it comes to the compilation of technical skills standards for R&D efficiency, while we continue to improve, we also see broader fields and more unknowns.
If growing up is a journey, what choices are available, what scenery will there be along the way, what precautions will be taken, and what kind of company can you have along the way?
R&D effectiveness DevOps is a practice. If you can write a strategy for this journey, just like Lonely Planet "Lonely Planet", then what will this R&D efficiency strategy be like?
Asking a question is often more important than solving it
R&D efficiency is a hot word in recent years, and companies must talk about efficiency. So,
-
How can R&D efficiency enable enterprises to meet their growing business demands?
-
How to combine the digital transformation of enterprises with R&D efficiency?
-
What is the cause of R&D effectiveness? What problem should be solved at the core? What challenges will there be?
-
How should performance be defined?
-
What is the relationship between effectiveness and efficiency, effect, and benefit?
-
How to measure the effect of R&D effectiveness?
-
How should the path be planned?
-
What are the points that need attention at each stage?
I believe that when everyone thinks about R&D efficiency, countless questions will arise. Based on the above-mentioned problems, we summarized and summarized the demands of R&D efficiency for enterprise business, and discussed in depth the application and value of R&D efficiency.
The four authors have been working in the field of R&D efficiency for many years. They have worked in IBM, Microsoft, Huawei, JD.com, Baidu and other companies. They have guided the agile and DevOps transformation of hundreds of organizations such as JD.com, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO, Hikvision, Baidu, China Merchants Bank, and Agricultural Bank of China. They also personally initiated the IDCF community and the Chinese DevOps community. In our daily work and community activities, we have also been asked countless questions related to R&D efficiency. Behind these various questions on the surface, in fact, they reflect many common demands of the audience. Perhaps it would be interesting and meaningful to start discussions with the help of questions.
Einstein once said: "It is often more important to ask a question than to solve it." A good question is often thought-provoking. In our daily work and community activities, we have been asked countless questions. Behind these various questions on the surface, in fact, they reflect many common demands of everyone. Perhaps it would be interesting and meaningful to start discussions with the help of questions.
This book summarizes and extracts from various problems encountered, selects about 100 problems, and combines them with the IDCF R&D performance (DevOps) talent growth map, covering all dimensions of the IDCF R&D performance framework, covering the entire field of R&D performance, and also reflects our consistent purpose: R&D performance is an end-to-end matter.
In the process of compiling this book, I consulted many other relevant literature information and materials. Thanks to the authors here. In addition, due to the limitations of practice and level, there may be some inadequacies or omissions in this book. Readers and friends are welcome to criticize and correct. We will be grateful and use it as input for the reprint, thank you!
content structure
The whole book is based on the 5P framework exclusively proposed by IDCF. 5P is Philosophy, Principle, People, Practice and Platform.
-
The heart method includes the Philosophy of values and the Principle. Starting from the era background of the emergence of R&D effectiveness, it analyzes the characteristics of the digital age, what is digital transformation, and the correlation and differences between digitalization and IT informatization. Then analyze the definition, interpretation, necessity, value and key principles of R&D effectiveness. Then there is the difference between narrow and broad DevOps, the interpretation of the DevOps status report, the misunderstanding of R&D performance measurement and related suggestions.
-
The core of the chapter on organization is about people. We explain it from the dimensions of individual capacity building, team and individual leadership, team and organizational culture, engineer culture, team structure and team building, coaching leadership, and community building inside and outside the organization, and interpret and analyze Tesla's employee handbook as a case.
-
Practice is the focus of most people's attention, and it is also the key content of the whole book.
-
The first part of the technical chapter, lean thinking is the underlying foundation of the entire agile, DevOps and R&D efficiency. We interpret it from lean thinking and principles, theory of constraints TOC, 5 Why, and value stream mapping.
-
The second part is team-level agile practice, which is also the perspective of the entire R&D performance management and process. There are a lot of books about team-level agile practice. We focus on explaining requirements, user stories, DoR and DoD, agile planning, Spotify mode, stand-up meetings and retrospective meetings.
-
Subsequent parts are carried out at each stage of the product life cycle, and the third part of CE continues to explore and focus on product and business innovation and demand management;
-
The fourth part of evolutionary architecture focuses on cloud native and microservice architecture;
-
The fifth part CI continuous integration focuses on development and integration;
-
The sixth part of CT continuous testing/quality management focuses on the practice of agile testing related methods;
-
The seventh part, continuous security, disassembles the concept of DevSecOps;
-
The eighth part of CD continuous delivery and continuous deployment focuses on pipeline-related practices, including infrastructure as code/everything is code, low-risk release and other related content. The main body revolves around development and deployment according to rhythm;
-
Part IX On-demand release and continuous feedback is the last link in the product life cycle. It focuses on release engineering, SRE, resilience engineering, and analysis meetings when there is no blame. The core of the main body is release on demand.
-
Above, I hope readers can have a more complete and detailed understanding of R&D efficiency. If you just answered the questions you care about, it means that you are not alone; if you still have new questions after reading it, welcome to communicate with us. R&D efficiency is a road of refinement without end. I hope we can walk together on this road!
The answers to these questions may not completely solve the confusion, but if it can give you some inspiration and arouse your inner curiosity for knowledge, then you will achieve your goal, and this is also the motivation of this book: learning and growth are ultimately your own business. I hope that your journey will be accompanied by IDCF!
Collect compliments:
Forward this article to Moments, collect 30 likes to get a copy of IDCF R&D Performance (DevOps) talent growth map; collect 66 likes to get a copy of "Methods and Practices of R&D Performance Leap in the Digital Age", limited to 3 places, first come first served~
Registration courtesy:
Before July 14th, all students who sign up for [ AI Dark Horse Challenge, click to view details], or [ R&D Effectiveness (DevOps) Engineer Certification Course, click to view details ], will get a copy of "Methods and Practices for Leaping R&D Performance in the Digital Era"!
Collect likes and forward screenshots/registration consultation
Contact Daisy to redeem prizes
