DevOps Transformation at Wotif - Making Easy Equal Right

Explore how Wotif transformed their IT department from a culture of blame and manual processes to a harmonious DevOps environment with significantly faster cycle times. Learn about the principles and strategies used to incentivize DevOps adoption across the organization, resulting in cycle times measured in hours instead of weeks or months. Discover how the team leveraged technologies like DropWizard, Puppet, and ZooKeeper while extracting universal principles applicable to any organization, regardless of existing toolchains. Gain insights into winning hearts and minds for lasting DevOps change, supporting both current best practices and legacy systems, and preparing for future innovations. This conference talk, presented by Alexandra Spillane and Matt Callanan at YOW! 2015, offers valuable lessons for both grassroots and leadership levels in implementing successful DevOps transformations.