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Making Work Visible at Parts Unlimited

January 22, 2020 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

By author Dominica DeGrandis. When Demand is Greater than Capacity Rarely do I use the word always, except when it comes to requests on my time. Requests always exceed my capacity to meet the demand. As I write this blog post, two other blog requests sit idle, along with two workshops to prepare for, and three books to read. They all need to be completed in the next two weeks. But, I am not alone in this regard. Surveying Parts Unlimited, one of the top replies as to why work isn’t completed on … [Read more...]

Agile Conversations at Parts Unlimited

January 20, 2020 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

By authors Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick. Over the past year Parts Unlimited has been busy seeking out consultants who are experts in their fields to help them address major issues within their organization. And it just so happens that we have access to four of those video calls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkhS6hGIr9w&feature=youtu.be Download the slides here. Our first contact with Parts Unlimited came when Erik Reid emailed us and asked if we were available for a … [Read more...]

Getting Your DevOps Enterprise Summit Presentation Submission Accepted (2020 Edition)

January 8, 2020 by Gene Kim 2 Comments

In 2017, I wrote this post (Getting Your Presentation Submission Accepted For DevOps Enterprise Summit In 2017) with some tips on getting your DevOps Enterprise Summit presentation proposal accepted. In that video, there is a link to a fantastic one-hour video that I did with fellow programming committee member Damon Edwards (co-founder of Rundeck), and Margo Cronin, whose submission we had accepted in 2016 when she was Head of Technology Architecture at Zurich Insurance (and now at AWS!). In … [Read more...]

Resource Guide To The Unicorn Project (Part 1)

December 21, 2019 by Gene Kim 1 Comment

First off, I want to thank everyone so much for all your support, encouragement, teachings, stories, and enthusiasm for The Unicorn Project. I am so delighted that we hit #2 on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list for hardcover business books on the week ending November 30, 2019! I hope that having The Unicorn Project show up alongside other business books shows that the technology challenges we face today are genuine business challenges that cannot be delegated away to “those … [Read more...]

#TBT – The Three Ways

November 21, 2019 by IT Revolution 1 Comment

Hello! As you may know by now, The Unicorn Project will be released next week on Tuesday, November 26. We are very excited to share this highly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling book The Phoenix Project. In The Unicorn Project, we once again visit Parts Unlimited, but this time from the perspective of rebel developers and business leaders who work together as they race against time to innovate, survive, and thrive in the marketplace. This book is a story about how a thoughtful, dedicated … [Read more...]

Announcing The First Audio Excerpt of The UnicornProject! (…it’s when I finally stopped worrying, because it’s when I learned that I really love this book!!)

November 6, 2019 by Gene Kim Leave a Comment

To my surprise, among the top questions I’ve been asked about The Unicorn Project is, “When will the audiobook be available?” I've been so excited that the audiobook version of The Unicorn Project will be launched at the same time as the hardcover and ebook—and it’s been soooo difficult to not tell everyone about something cool that we were planning, just because there were sooooo many things that could go wrong… But, thanks to the hard work of the amazing IT Revolution publishing team, I can … [Read more...]

Bank on Open Source for DevOps Success

October 24, 2019 by DevOps Enterprise Summit Leave a Comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTDx627FRVg Open source has been one of the core elements in Capital One’s digital transformation journey over the past 6 years. In this presentation, Topo Pal and Jamie Specter, will explain why open source is a necessary part of the journey, the pain points they have experienced along the way, and how their engineers partner with Legal and Security to overcome those challenges. Topo Pal My name is Topo Pal. I'm Senior Director and Senior Distinguished … [Read more...]

Get Answers to Your Auditing Questions at DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas

October 23, 2019 by DevOps Enterprise Summit Leave a Comment

As you plan your own agenda and schedule for DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas, we want to bring one session in particular to your attention. If you attended our London event in June, you may recall the session, DevOps from an Auditor’s Perspective. It provided such a positive response from attendees that we have decided to take a deeper dive and make it an extended workshop session with a follow-up speaker Q&A in Las Vegas. Representatives from the ‘Big Four’ auditing organizations … [Read more...]

The Fourth Excerpt from The Unicorn Project is Now Available!

October 14, 2019 by Gene Kim Leave a Comment

Hello! The fourth excerpt from The Unicorn Project is now available, in which Maxine succumbs to what has plagued the rest of the organization, starts to suspect where a massive investment in speed is needed to achieve the goals and aspirations of the organization, brings the Data Hub technical practices into the current century… ...and meets Maggie, the brilliant and formidable mind who wants to reimagine how Parts Unlimited engages with their customers… Here’s the link where you’ll find … [Read more...]

Love Letter To Clojure (Part 1)

October 11, 2019 by Gene Kim 2 Comments

In this blog post, I will explain how learning the Clojure programming language three years ago changed my life. It led to a series of revelations about all the invisible structures that are required to enable developers to be productive. These concepts show up all over The Unicorn Project, but most prominently in the First Ideal of Locality and Simplicity, and how it can lead to the Second Ideal of Focus, Flow, and Joy. Without doubt, Clojure was one of the most difficult things I’ve … [Read more...]