This document outlines 15 ways to fail at DevOps. It begins by defining key DevOps concepts like continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment. It then presents 15 common mistakes organizations make when adopting DevOps, such as thinking DevOps is only about tools or automation, or that it replaces Agile. The document concludes that DevOps is really about culture, freedom and responsibility, and empathy between development and operations teams.