In The Phoenix Project, we introduced the Three Ways underpinning DevOps. In my follow-up book, The Unicorn Project, I revisit Parts Unlimited and describe my learnings through the Five Ideals. The First Ideal: Locality and Simplicity The Second Ideal: Focus, Flow, and Joy The Third Ideal: Improvement of Daily Work The Fourth Ideal: Psychological Safety The Fifth Ideal: Customer Focus These are five topics that I’ve constantly gravitated toward over the last decade, and I continually seek to … [Read more...]
Unlock Your Enterprise’s Digital Transformation by Changing Your Relationship with Technologists
Adapted from War and Peace and IT: Business Leadership, Technology, and Success in the Digital Age by Mark Schwartz. Leaders of digital transformations often look around their organizations and see heads nodding. Everyone seems to agree that change is needed to survive in the digital age. Everyone understands that it’s urgent and that there is a risk of being disrupted if the company doesn’t transform quickly enough. Capital markets are demanding growth and innovation, while the board … [Read more...]
Software Factory to Feature Factory
This post was adapted from Episode 120 of the Troubleshooting Agile Podcast. The Taylorist Mindset and its Outcomes In the Taylorist mindset, management is there to debug the machine of the company. The workers are interchangeable parts. And the job of management is to fine tune the machine and monitor all of the parts to make sure they’re compliant and doing what they’re told. There is a role for motivation here. But the only motivation is negative. Just make sure that people know … [Read more...]
Update on COVID-19 & DevOps Enterprise Summit
As COVID-19 continues to spread, IT Revolution has been monitoring the situation closely and is having ongoing conversations with the venue, our partners, attendees, vendors, and suppliers to determine the best and most responsible course of action for DevOps Enterprise Summit London. We must support the safety and well-being of our team and the entire community, while continuing the DevOps Enterprise Summit mission — therefore, we will continue to find the best possible speakers, experts and … [Read more...]
A Recent Discussion With DevOps Leaders
The excitement for the DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas (#DOES18) continues to build as October draws closer! Recently, the amazing DOES18 community came together for a live CrowdChat. During the hour-long discussion, DOES18 speakers, programming committee members, and others from the software delivery community covered topics from leadership, modern infrastructure, popular resources and favorite experiences from DevOps Enterprise Summits past. Hosts of this discussion … [Read more...]
DevOps Enterprise Summit: Las Vegas 2018 — A Sneak Peek Of How We Put It Together
Wow! It's hard to believe that just a few months ago, we were wrapping up two days of immersive learning at the DevOps Enterprise Summit London event -- and now we are getting ready for our biggest DevOps Enterprise event ever -- Las Vegas 2018! In this post, I describe: The programming objectives for the 2018 DevOps Enterprise Las Vegas event What our most important focus areas are How it differs from previous years Why certain elements remain the same I shared this with our … [Read more...]
DevSecOps (Expert Panel Discussion)
The following is a transcript of an interview by Alan Shimel of DevOps.com with three leaders in the DevOps community — Margo Cronin, Zane Lackey, and Ilkka Turunen. This interview was conducted during the DevOps Enterprise Summit in London 2018. The topic at hand is DevSecOps. Some of the responses have been edited for brevity and clarity. Watch the full interview here. Alan Shimel: Great. So you know, we are going to explore a little into DevSecOps, and the role it's playing in … [Read more...]
What the Future May Hold for Ops (All-Star Panel Discussion)
The following is a transcript of an interview by Alan Shimel of DevOps.com with three leaders in the DevOps community — John Willis, Cornelia Davis, and Damon Edwards. This interview was conducted during the DevOps Enterprise Summit in London 2018. The topic at hand is the future of where Ops is heading and next gen ops. Some of the responses have been edited for brevity and clarity. Watch the full interview here. Alan Shimel: So, guys, little different than maybe some … [Read more...]
Insights for Spanning the Divide Between Business And Technology
The DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 conference may have come and gone, but the wealth of information springing forth from before, during, and immediately after the show continues to flow. Indeed, while the conference itself is an absolute treasure trove of knowledge-sharing and collaboration, one of the most amazing outcomes of DevOps Enterprise is its ability to inspire and facilitate discussions of important industry topics for years to come. One of the hot topics surrounding the … [Read more...]
DevOps Enterprise Summit CrowdChat 2018 – Take 2!
Ahead of the DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 (DOES18) conference, we teamed up with several members of the DevOps Enterprise community to host a #DOES18 CrowdChat. These live social media chats give the speakers, organizers and IT community a chance to connect and discuss the latest practices and patterns in IT and software delivery. The conversation covered topics from modern skills requirements and the DevOps talent gap to moving Ops towrads Dev and bottlenecks such as timecarding. See … [Read more...]
