[tomohawk]

If you want to make a devops omelet at a place that has an over the wall mentality, you have to break some eggs (and walls).

I was part of a successful transition to devops from a thoroughly silo'd operation, where the boss basically gave the dev team the responsibility and authority to make it happen. He was also able to snag some of the traditional ops team and make them part of the new team. After a period of storming, the new team came up with some innovative ways to get the job done. Once the team realized that they were it in terms of getting it done, it got done. Quality and job satisfaction improved, cost was reduced.

I've also seen various unsuccessful transitions. In every case, the responsibility was divided into various silos, which sandbagged everything.