The Operationalism of DevSecOps

John Willis, Distinguished Researcher, Kosli
Operationalism is a cornerstone of operations management and is based on the intuition that we do not know the meaning of a concept unless we have a method of measurement for it. Percy Williams Bridgman coined operationalism in his book The Logic of Physics (1927). Bridgman's work, specifically around an operational definition, heavily influenced Deming's work. In Deming's New Economics, he said, "An operational definition is a procedure agreed upon for translation of a concept into a measurement of some kind." In this presentation, I'll discuss Dr. Deming's work and give insight into how he would have viewed standard DevSecOps metrics.