Excerpt from the DevOps Enterprise Forum Paper Full Stack Teams, Not Engineers, by Jason Cox, Christian Posta, Cornelia Davis, Dominica Degrandis, Jim Stoneham, and Thomas A. Limoncelli. Can you possibly be good at everything? In the digital era, the sheer quantity of tools, frameworks, programming languages, and methods/models overwhelms the brain. Technologies come and go, and learning a new technology often involves intense effort. Learning a new environment and domain knowledge takes … [Read more...]
DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas Update: New Dates Announced!
IT Revolution places the highest priority on the well-being and safety of our attendees, partners and staff. With this in mind, we are pleased to announce that we have secured later dates for DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas, which will provide additional assurance that the event will go on as planned. The new dates are November 9-11, 2020. If you have already registered, your registration will automatically carry forward. However, if you cannot attend during the new dates, we will allow you … [Read more...]
DevOps Enterprise Summit London is going virtual: A Letter from Gene
Hello, Everyone, Okay, at long last, we can finally announce our plans for DevOps Enterprise Summit London! Because of COVID-19, we will be conducting DevOps Enterprise Summit London as a virtual conference, held during the same dates (June 23-25, 2020), in the London timezone, closely matching the schedule of previous conferences. Speaking on behalf of the programming committee, our goal remains to create the best learning event for technology leaders, which includes bringing in the best … [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...]
Gene Kim AMA (3 of 3) for the IT Revolution Book Club
Watch and read this 90 minute Ask Me Anything with Gene Kim, author of The Unicorn Project, from January 29, 2020. Recorded for the IT Revolution Book Club. AMA (1 of 3) / AMA (2 of 3) / AMA (3 of 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmzFLhapI2o Skip directly to transcript Questions Answered 1. Johan Tegler (jump to question in video) — A mix of questions: Technology. How common is that word these days compared to IT? In companies producing cars, planes etc technology can be a lot … [Read more...]
Gene Kim AMA (2 of 3) for the IT Revolution Book Club
Watch and read this 90 minute Ask Me Anything with Gene Kim, author of The Unicorn Project, from January 15, 2020. Recorded for the IT Revolution Book Club. AMA (1 of 3) / AMA (2 of 3) / AMA (3 of 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQktlXp_Y3g Skip directly to transcript Questions Answered 1.Taylan Ayken & Andy Tinkham (jump to question in video) — Why Dr. Eric referring to people as "sensei”? Why does Erik forgot names? What’s the reasoning behind that choice? 2. Keith Klundt … [Read more...]
Gene Kim AMA (1 of 3) for the IT Revolution Book Club
Watch and read this 90 minute Ask Me Anything with Gene Kim, author of The Unicorn Project, from January 8, 2020. Recorded for the IT Revolution Book Club. AMA (1 of 3) / AMA (2 of 3) / AMA (3 of 3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReROx9-68V8&feature=youtu.be Skip directly to transcript Questions Answered 1. Jerreck (jump to question in video) — Have you considered publishing an "Oops All Crunch-berries" book where it's just Dr. Erik Reid telling the reader what to do and why? 2. … [Read more...]
Making Work Visible at Parts Unlimited
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
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)
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...]
