Need to make a proposal to a decision maker to justify a Devops investment? Participate in a discussion on how to propose, describe and justify an investment in Devops practices to a skeptical executive audience. We will discuss how to break down potential benefits into business outcomes as well as the perspective of the typical IT executive.

We will anticipate common objections you might face and how to prepare for them. We will also identify some typical goals and common assumptions. Finally, we will outline a simple business case as an example. Peter has spent many years as both a Software Engineer and Product Manager at various organizations including Electronic Arts, Google and Cisco. Peter Lamar is a course director at Techtown training and thrives on challenging problems and building awesome teams.
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