Interview with an IT Agility Director

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• Introduction
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • DevOps Project Goals
  • DevOps Project Areas of Focus and Organization
  • DevOps Roll Out Strategy
  • Challenges with a Fragmented DevOps Toolchain Approach
  • DevOps Program Challenges and Lessons Learned
  • DevSecOps
  • A Day in the Life of an IT Director
  • Advice for B2B Salespeople
  • Tool Selection Process
  • COVID-19 Advice

Introduction

Below are clips from an April 2020 interview with an IT Agility Director at a Fortune 500 energy company.

Roles and Responsibilities

Question: What was your role and responsibilities for the last several years?

DevOps Project Goals

Question: What were the goals of your organization's DevOps program?

DevOps Project Areas of Focus and Organization

Question: What was the focus of your organization's DevOps project and how was the team organized?

DevOps Roll Out Strategy

Question: What was your DevOps roll out strategy? Were there specific use cases or capabilities on which you chose to focus?

Challenges with a Fragmented DevOps Toolchain Approach

Question: How and why did your organization choose a best-of-breed DevOps toolchain approach and what challenges did you face with this decision?

DevOps Program Challenges and Lessons Learned

Question: What were some of the challenges and lessons learned you experienced with your DevOps program?

DevSecOps

Question: What is your perspective on the importance of DevSecOps?

A Day in the Life of an IT Director

Question: What is the day in the life of an IT Director like?

Advice for B2B Salespeople

Question: What separates a great vendor or sales person from an average vendor or salesperson? If you could offer one piece of advice to B2B salespeople, what would that be and why?

Tool Selection Process

Question: How did your organization typically evaluate and make the decision to buy a new tool or service?

COVID-19 Advice

Question: What advice do you have for B2B sellers during the COVID-19 pandemic?