---
title: 5 Pivotal Documents in the Evolution of the DevOps Movement
description: Klint Finley's 2012 canon of DevOps. The Agile Manifesto, Tim O'Reilly's Operations piece, my 'Operations is a Competitive Advantage' post from 2007, John Allspaw's 10 Deploys talk, and Jay Lyman's analyst report.
doc_version: "1.0"
last_updated: 2012-04-03
slug: five-pivotal-documents-devops-movement-devopsangle
outlet: SiliconANGLE
author: Klint Finley
date: 2012-04-03
url: https://siliconangle.com/2012/04/03/5-pivotal-documents-in-the-evolution-of-the-devops-movement/
type: Article
excerpt: Klint Finley's 2012 canon of DevOps. The Agile Manifesto, Tim O'Reilly's Operations piece, my 'Operations is a Competitive Advantage' post from 2007, John Allspaw's 10 Deploys talk, and Jay Lyman's analyst report.
quote: Operations is a Competitive Advantage (Secret Sauce for Startups!)
quoteAuthor: Jesse Robbins (cited document)
tags:
  - DevOps
  - DevOps History
  - Velocity Conference
  - SiliconANGLE
  - Klint Finley
---

> "Operations is a Competitive Advantage (Secret Sauce for Startups!)"
> — Jesse Robbins (cited document)

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- Jay Lyman (person)

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