(disclaimer - Puppet Labs employee) 2-3 months is a long time. We consistently hear 2-6 weeks to get to full production, with 30-120 minutes for some proof of

(disclaimer - Puppet Labs employee) 2-3 months is a long time. We consistently hear 2-6 weeks to get to full production, with 30-120 minutes for some proof of concept work. And one of the great things about Puppet is you can start very small - automate the parts that are hardest, most critical, etc., and do bits manually as it makes sense for your problem set. And yeah, managing dev and prod the same way is absolutely critical for clean deployments.