Hands-On Guide to AgileOps: A Guide to Implementing Agile, DevOps, and SRE for Cloud Operations

Table of Contents\nAbout the Authors\nAbout the Technical Reviewer\nAcknowledgments\nPreface\nChapter 1: Introduction\n	Agile History: The Starting Point\n	Evolving Software Teams: Drifting to New Ways of Working\n	Bridging the Dev and Ops Gap\n	DevOps: Complementing Agile\n	Agility in Infrastructure Operations: Need of the Hour\n	The Agile Manifesto: Simple Guiding Principles\n	Summary\nChapter 2: Traditional Infrastructure Operations\n	ITSM Approach\n		Service Strategy\n		Service Design\n		Service Transition\n		Service Operation\n		Continual Service Improvement\n	Drawbacks with Traditional InfraOps Teams\n	Need for Change\n	Summary\nChapter 3: Introduction to Agile and DevOps\n	When to Adopt Agile?\n	Agile Principles\n	Agile Benefits\n	Scaling Agile with DevOps\n	When to Adopt DevOps?\n	DevOps in the Product Lifecycle\n	Summary\nChapter 4: Factors Leading to Agile Operations\n	The Shift Toward Agile\n	Benefits That Come with Agility\n	Cloud Computing\n		Infrastructure as a Service\n		Platform as a Service\n		Software as a Service\n	Microservice Architecture\n	Deployment Patterns and Automation\n		Blue-Green Deployments\n		Rolling Updates\n		Canary Deployments\n	Shift-Left Testing\n		Static Code Analysis\n		Infrastructure Testing\n		Smoke Testing\n		Functional and Performance Testing\n		Security Testing\n		User Acceptance Testing\n		Chaos Testing\n		A/B Testing\n	Changes in Architecture Impacting Operations\n	Summary\nChapter 5: Introduction to Agile Methods\n	Scrum\n		Adopting Scrum in IT Ops\n		Getting Started with Scrum\n		Scrum Roles\n		Work Items\n		Backlogs\n		Scrum Sprints\n		Sprint Ceremonies\n		Information Radiators\n		Best Practices in Scrum\n		Summary of Scrum\n	Kanban\n		Kanban Roles\n		Kanban Ceremonies\n		Kanban Boards\n		Kanban Metrics\n		Getting Started with Kanban\n		Best Practices in Kanban\n		Summary of Kanban\n	Scrumban\n		Scrumban Roles\n		Scrumban Ceremonies\n		Getting Started with Scrumban\n		Best Practices in Scrumban\n		Summary of Scrumban\n	Summary\nChapter 6: Introduction to Agile Frameworks\n	Agile ITSM\n	IT4IT\n	Lean IT\n	Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®)\n	Spotify\n	LeSS\n	Nexus\n	Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)\n	Site Reliability Engineering\n		Balance Between Dev and Ops Work\n	Summary\nChapter 7: Using Agile for Infrastructure Operations\n	The Starting Point\n		Adopting the Right Agile Framework and Methodology\n		Identifying the Agile Methodology\n		Identifying Tools for Implementation\n		Identifying the Need for Extended Integration\n		Upgrading Teams on Using the Agile Approach\n		Redefining Team Roles and Responsibilities\n		Nurturing the Culture of “Pulling Work”\n		Baselining the Initial Cycle Time and Related Metrics\n		Identifying Candidates for Self-Servicing\n		Creating Team Dashboards for Visibility\n		Piloting and Extending the Approach\n		Continuously Measuring Metrics and Replanning\n	Summarizing the Transformation Plan\n		Phase 1: Pilot and Accelerate\n		Phase 2: Expand and Optimize\n		Phase 3: Sustainment\n	Summary\nChapter 8: Moving to Agile with Infrastructure as Code\n	Getting Started with Infrastructure as Code Using Scrum\n	Estimating Stories\n	Defining Acceptance Criteria\n	An Infrastructure Build Example\n	Tools Pipeline\n	Infrastructure as Code Example\n	Integrating IaC with Development Pipelines\n	Extending the IaC Example\n	Key Agile Practices While Adopting IaC Using Scrum\n	Summary\nChapter 9: Success Path\n	Case Study Implementing AgileOps\n	New Operating Model for Alpha\n	Outcomes\n	Summary\nChapter 10: Learnings and Ways Forward\n	Our Learnings\n	Emerging Trends to Focus\n	Next Steps\n	Conclusion\nIndex