DevSecOps Jumpstart
How do we help improve your DevSecOps approach and accelerate your value delivery?
The importance of Shared Understanding
The need for a Change Narrative
- Defining a compelling case for business change.
- Consistent use of the organizational context.
- Securing individual buy-in by using the relief/enable dimension.
- Management of the personal cognitive dissonance.
Transformation vs Engineering
Definition of transformation:
Definition of engineering:
Theory of Constraints
The Theory of Constraints provides a powerful set of tools for helping to achieve that goal, including:
- The Five Focusing Steps: a methodology for identifying and eliminating constraints.
- The Thinking Processes: means for analyzing and resolving problems.
- Throughput Accounting: a method for measuring performance and guiding management decisions.
Value Stream Management
- VSM is a set of lean principles and practices that optimize the application of people, processes, and technology to continuously improve the flow of business value, from ideation to customer delivery.
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Organizing to customer delivery. Organizing teams of people around a value stream optimized for flow maximizes:
Performance
Product Quality
Business Results - VSM offers several practices that optimize people, processes, and technology to continuously improve business value flow, from ideation to customer delivery
DevSecOps Jumpstart - 12 week cycle
01. Discover
Weeks 1-2
We’ll assess the team’s current DevSecOps practices, identify gaps, and develop a plan outlining the minimum viable set of standards for improvement
02. Engineer
Weeks 3-4
We’ll help the team select and configure suitable tools, including continuous planning, continuous integration, continuous deployment, and security testing solutions.
03. Enable
Weeks 5-6
We’ll provide training to ensure the team is skilled in using the new tools and DevSecOps practices.
04. Implement
Weeks 7-8
We’ll assist the team in implementing the identified standards and adopting DevSecOps best practices, such as automation and security tools and process integration.
05. Validate
Weeks 9-10
We’ll set up a secure testing and deployment pipeline, including security tooling automation, to ensure secure application deployment.
06. Adapt
Weeks 11-12
We’ll review the team’s progress, provide feedback, support, training and identify areas for further improvement, and outline the next steps for their DevSecOps journey.
Benefits of the Jumpstart Model
- Faster Time-to-Market
- Standardized DevSecOps practices Continuous
- Continuous integration and deployment
- Improved Security and Compliance
- Automated security testing
- Shift-left approach
- Increased Efficiency and Productivity
- Automation and continuous improvement processes
- Streamlined development and deployment activities
- Enhanced Collaboration and Communication
- Standardized DevSecOps approach
- Better communication and collaboration among globally distributed teams
- Better Quality and Reliability of Software
- Emphasis on automated testing and early security integration
- Higher software quality and reliability
The benefits of the Jumpstart Strategy significantly impacts DevSecOps transformation, positioning the company for continued success in the competitive pharmaceutical landscape.
