Continuous Delivery Summit NA 2019

While the perception of CI/CD is largely based on automation, there is a rising awareness that the human elements are as critical as the technology. Organizations are facing challenges finding new talent while directing fund to upskill existing talent. We have to update our humans as much as we update our software.

Upkilling is important but which skills are consider "must have" for CD? This session will explore the results of DevOps Institute's 2019 Upskilling:Enterprise DevOps Skills Report based on a global community research project. The session will look at high level takeaways while granulating the priorities within process, automation, functional and soft skills. The results may be surprising and hopefully gives practitioners and hiring managers ideas for their upskilling strategies.


Companies need to invest in upskilling programs. But which skills?