I’ve written a blog post on Spacelift.io about the patterns that set infrastructure automation leaders apart, it’s a review of their latest Infrastructure Automation report that was released last month.
This blog post identifies key practices distinguishing top-performing organizations in infrastructure automation. Despite 45% of organizations believing they’ve achieved high automation maturity, only 14% exhibit behaviors characteristic of true automation leadership.
The post outlines five critical patterns adopted by automation leaders:
- Implementing Developer Self-Service: Empowering developers to provision infrastructure through automated workflows, enhancing speed while maintaining control via built-in compliance and security measures.
- Integrating Security and Compliance Early: Embedding security checks and compliance validations at the initial stages of the automation pipeline to proactively address potential issues.
- Adopting a Platform Team Approach: Establishing dedicated platform engineering teams to standardize tools, templates, and workflows, ensuring consistency and scalability across the organization.
- Prioritizing Cost Optimization: Utilizing automation to monitor and manage infrastructure costs effectively, preventing overprovisioning and reducing waste.
- Avoiding Siloed Automation: Ensuring that automation efforts are cohesive and integrated across departments to prevent fragmentation and inefficiencies.
The article emphasizes that merely adopting these patterns isn’t sufficient; the implementation’s quality and integration into the organization’s culture and processes are crucial for achieving true automation leadership.
Read more at 🔗 spacelift.io/blog/patterns-that-set-infrastructure-automation-leaders-apart
