Moneyball and the Science of Building Great DevOps Teams (DevOpsDays-NYC 2018 d2 03)

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Argues that data, not intuition, picks team winners and shows which skills actually predict success versus anecdotal signals that mislead. Describes turning everyday work into measurable inputs, proposing simple flow metrics to track and hiring heuristics that change team composition. Examines research on individual abilities, points to concrete characteristics that correlate with delivery quality, and claims specific evaluation steps teams can apply to raise throughput and reliability.

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1. 0:00Moneyball and DevOps intro
2. 2:16Moneyball team building
3. 10:43Data-driven DevOps decisions
4. 16:20High-performing DevOps cases
5. 23:20Key takeaways & Q&A

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