{"id":8957,"date":"2017-05-05T09:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=8957"},"modified":"2017-05-08T09:12:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T08:12:28","slug":"devops-impact-on-nhs-uk-nhs-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/devops-impact-on-nhs-uk-nhs-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"DevOps impact on NHS.UK &#038; NHS Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Technology Delivery Manager at NHS Digital, Paul Houghton, speaks exclusively with DevOps Online about the importance DevOps has on his job role, and about his presentation at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.devopsevent.com\/about-devops-con\/\">The National DevOps Conference<\/a>, which will take place on the 24-25 May 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Paul looks after the infrastructure, database, performance management and build and release teams on the NHS.UK programme at NHS Digital in Leeds, which began moving towards DevOps a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe move to DevOps hasn\u2019t always been easy, but it is work in progress, and always will be. I don\u2019t feel that we are fully there yet. Primarily we have done very well on measurement, automation and made a lot of progress with sharing (referring to DevOps CAMS)\u201d Houghton adds, talking about the transition to DevOps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitially the transition has been about moving to the cloud and changing work in practices to build a flexible platform that can support the programme moving forwards. We are moving in the correct direction, getting Ops engaged early, and embedding Ops into development teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0DevOps difficulties<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThe most difficult thing about shifting to DevOps is the cultural shift. Making sure that all of the relevant people are engaged as early as possible in the development process,\u201d Houghton says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people have been used to working in functionally siloed areas. One of the biggest cultural shifts has been to encourage people to work in multidisciplinary teams, whilst maintaining relationships with their functional peers, to ensure standards and consistency across the programme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Houghton will be presenting \u201cLessons From The UK\u2019s Largest Health Website\u201d at the National DevOps Conference, along with Head of Technology Delivery for NHS.UK, Andy Callow, about the journey the team has taken, moving from a monolithic, traditional application in a waterfall environment towards agile DevOps culture.<\/p>\n<p>He believes that conferences are important, in order to listen to other people\u2019s experiences, and learn from them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to stand up and insist that our way is the way to do DevOps, as there is no one way. We\u2019re going to inform people about how we have prepared for, and are approaching, DevOps. Hopefully fellow delegates will be able to take something useful away with them,\u201d Houghton adds.<\/p>\n<p>Register here today to attend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.devopsevent.com\/paul-houghton\/\">Houghton&#8217;s presentation<\/a> along with other senior speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Written by Leah Alger<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology Delivery Manager at NHS Digital, Paul Houghton, speaks exclusively with DevOps Online about the importance DevOps has on his job role, and about his presentation at The National DevOps Conference, which will take place on the 24-25 May 2017. 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