10 more big devops gotchas to watch out for [Video]

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For a recent article, 10 big devops mistakes and how to avoid them, I interviewed industry leaders to uncover 10 devops “gotchas” that can sabotage your software development efforts. Those interviews turned up more mistakes than I could cover in one article, so here are 10 more potential roadblocks for devops teams and IT leaders to avoid.

10 more ways IT teams and leaders fail with devops

1. Resistance to change
2. Missing skill sets
3. Shadow IT
4. Quantum complexity
5. Gaps in monitoring and observability
6. Low-quality deliverables
7. Runaway costs
8. The backlog keeps growing
9. The human impact is overlooked
10. Management can’t keep up

Resistance to change

The devops rollout can be jarring, and some team members across the organization will struggle to accept the changes. Devops proponents need to get buy-in, not only from executive decision-makers but from development and operations teams.

“People get comfortable with their way …