and, if you are going to bring in a person or persons to be that 'Devops specialist' and help your devops transformation, don't bother if you aren't going to em

and, if you are going to bring in a person or persons to be that 'Devops specialist' and help your devops transformation, don't bother if you aren't going to empower them to facilitate real changes, or if you are going to put them in their own little silo and leave them to get on with just automating some manual stuff - that way you will have some automation that may or may not do what you want, but you won't achieve real transformation and reap the benefits thereof.