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Enabling SRE step by step

What I’ve noticed with most organizations that want “the SRE” is that they have a hard time articulating WHY they want it. They think SRE is the solution to this (spoiler alert: it is) but don’t know where to start.

SRE is a way to align your organization on a definition of reliability and what will happen if the organization fails to meet those standards.

To get a better idea on where we can start, let’s take a look at Mikey Dickerson’s pyramid of SRE: Notice that monitoring is at the base of the pyramid.

It provides a team with a path to adopt SRE and to mature over time based on their needs.