# Target's Dojo Expands Access to DevOps Expertise and Training

DevFeed: [Target's Dojo Expands Access to DevOps Expertise and Training](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-dojo-20403.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://target.github.io/devops/the-dojo>)

Author: Target Brands, Inc

Published: 2015-08-14T05:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Target](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/target.md>)

Topics: [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [DevOps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/devops.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [Learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/learning.md>), [Kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kafka.md>), [openstack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/openstack.md>)

Tags: [agile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agile.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [devops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/devops.md>), [kafka](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kafka.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [openstack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openstack.md>), [scrum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scrum.md>)

## AI overview

Target describes a learning "Dojo" that brings subject matter experts together with project and product teams to expand DevOps skills and make training easier to scale. The dedicated space can support up to 8 or 9 teams at a time.

## Source excerpt

At Target we're always looking for ways to move forward in becoming the best omni-channel retailer that we can be. This journey demands that we enable change in most every part of our technology organization. Our culture, delivery model, technology selections, working arrangements and org structures are all levers we can pull to help us be more responsive. A key question that we continually ask ourselves is "how can we move faster"? Introducing change in a large enterprise can take a long time if we don't challenge ourselves to be creative around constraints (like not enough "experts" to go around). Traditional learning approaches might not be fast enough, so we've started acting on some innovative ideas to break down those barriers. While this progress has been great, we've continually been asking ourselves how we could go faster. ###Building Capacity One of the newest things we doing is expanding our capacity for others to learn the new ways of doing things. Since we still have relatively few subject matter experts to go around, we are finding that access to these experts is a constraint that makes it difficult for us to scale the learning process for new teams. To address this constraint, we are standing up a learning "Dojo." The Miriam-Webster dictionary defines a Dojo as "a school for training in various arts of self-defense (as judo or karate)." At ChefConf 2015, Adam Jacobs delivered a very interesting talk titled Chef Style DevOps Kungfu. This presentation talked about building your practice through repetition and development of skills. We needed a place to develop our own special DevOps Kungfu. Cue the Dojo! The Dojo is a dedicated space in which our subject matter experts take up residence for an extended time. This is the home base for automation engineers, advanced Scrum leaders, OpenStack engineers, Chef experts, Kafka engineers, etc. Project teams and product teams looking to leverage these experts to build their own expertise can colocate their teams