Recognizing dev and ops teams are incentivized can have an impact
There is a simple and obvious fact that some people might not instantly realize, but it is something that is very real and very widespread throughout the entire IT industry. This fact is that development teams are incentivized to deliver change, whereas operations teams are incentivized to ensure stability and system uptime, thus discouraging change. The following figure highlights this:
Incentivising developers to deliver more quickly is at odds with incentivising operations teams with keeping things stable and safe
If you think about it, the two methods of incentivizing are at odds ...
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