DevOps Leadership Question Collections

This repository contains structured collections of questions for DevOps professionals at different levels of leadership. These questions demonstrate domain ownership, commanding voice, and methodical problem-solving approaches.

Contents

This repository is organized into three main sections, each focusing on a specific DevOps leadership context:

Essential questions senior DevOps engineers should ask during:

  • Daily support scenarios

  • Proof of concept evaluations

  • Troubleshooting sessions

  • Root cause analysis activities

Questions DevOps team leads should ask junior team members on a:

  • Daily basis

  • Weekly basis

  • Monthly basis

This section includes:

  • Questions DevOps team leads should ask application owners during monthly sync-ups

  • Critical information DevOps team leads should share with application owners

Purpose

These question collections serve multiple purposes:

  1. Leadership Development: Help DevOps professionals develop their commanding voice and leadership presence

  2. Technical Authority: Establish domain ownership and technical authority in different contexts

  3. Communication Framework: Provide structured frameworks for different types of technical discussions

  4. Knowledge Transfer: Facilitate effective knowledge sharing across different organizational levels

  5. Problem-Solving: Promote methodical approaches to technical problem-solving

How to Use This Repository

These question collections can be used in several ways:

  • As preparation: Review relevant questions before meetings or troubleshooting sessions

  • For coaching: Use these questions when mentoring junior DevOps engineers

  • For self-assessment: Evaluate whether you're asking the right questions in your role

  • For process improvement: Incorporate these questions into your team's standard processes

  • For documentation: Use these questions to structure runbooks and post-mortem templates


Effective DevOps leadership requires asking the right questions at the right time. By cultivating this skill, DevOps professionals can demonstrate domain expertise, build stronger cross-functional relationships, and drive continuous improvement throughout their organizations.

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