In The Unicorn Project, Gene Kim defines five ideals of DevOps:24 1.Locality and Simplicity: alleviate dependencies between teams and components. 2.Focus, Flow, and Joy: the smooth flow of work that enables focus and joy. 3.Improvement of Daily Work: continuously improve and pay down technical debt. 4.Psychological Safety: a top predictor of team performance; enables improvement. 5.Customer Focus: optimize for customer value, not for a role-based silo.
