Establishing SRE Foundations: A Step-by-Step Guide to Introducing Site Reliability Engineering in Software Delivery Organizations
by Vladyslav Ukis
Chapter 1
Introduction to SRE
This chapter is an introduction to SRE transformation. I will start by clarifying why SRE should be chosen as a product operations methodology. Following this, I will clearly articulate the challenges of implementing an SRE transformation. The chapter concludes with an outlook of how to drive SRE transformation.
1.1 Why SRE?
A provocative but useful question to ask in the context of SRE transformation is “Why SRE?”
Indeed, an existing product delivery organization has been doing operations in some way. The way operations has been done probably did not lead to satisfactory results. This is why there are deliberations going on in the organization to improve the way the product is being used.
In this context, it is ...
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