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What's the difference between Runbook and Playbook?- for once and all we'll end this confusion today. If you find yourself worrying about forgetting the detailed process of the incident your team just resolved, you're not alone. This is where documentations like Runbooks and Playbooks come into play. Runbooks and playbooks serve as the organizational guides, providing essential information and instructions for teams to navigate through tasks and processes effectively. They not only help your team help themselves but also frees up your time for your ever-growing to-do list.
What differentiates tech companies that weather digital storms with unwavering resilience? In many cases, the answer lies in a deeply ingrained SRE culture, which fosters proactive approaches to system reliability. Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) culture extends beyond mere tech tools and automated scripts. It emphasizes proactive care, shared responsibility, and continuous improvement, leveraging incident management software as a vital component in fostering these core values of SRE.
Before I stumbled into the tech industry (a story for another day), I spent several years in the customer service world as a server and front-of-house manager in restaurants. It was in these jobs that I first honed some critical skills that would later lead me on the path to incident response.