As per recent surveys, ~90% of agile transformations are not successful. Studies have indicated that major reasons behind this failure are lack of leadership support, lack of supporting environment, inability to change the mindset of people.

In this talk, we will share our learnings from a agile transformation of a very large global consulting player. We will talk about how we changed ways of working (WOW), created suitable environment, which enabled us to change mindset of leaders and the teams so that they can thrive in this transformation.

In today's world where Technology is at the Core of Businesses, faster value delivery and shorter cycle time is the key. For a few years now, DevOps and associated techniques are used by many organizations to get better at automated deployments, seamless code integration, automated testing, environments management etc. However, in most cases, these are practiced just as a "practice" without understanding why they are doing it. In many cases, it is just a technical quest driven by competition. Also, most implementations are limited only until creation of CI/CD pipelines.

This talk provides core understanding on the Genesis of DevOps providing an in-depth coverage of how the IT systems have evolved over time, how the customer behavior has changed demanding the businesses to change, and how DevOps helps meeting those demands. Also covered is how to cultivate the associated Culture that is crucial for effective DevOps implementation. Talk covers topics beyond CI/CD providing a holistic view of of DevOps including techniques/practices as well as the Enablers of DevOps in an Enterprise.

- There are only 2 types of Businesses around - ones that have been disrupted, and the ones that don't know they have been disrupted

- Technology is considered as the driving force behind disruption

- Businesses respond in different ways to cope up with disruption

- How Customer behaviour is changing at a fast pace

- The crucial role of Customer in Disruption

- How Technology and Customer drive the future state of Businesses

- Agility required in Businesses to use Disruption to their advantage

- Real Case Studies on how some businesses dealt with Disruption - success and failure stories