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24 Key Capabilities to Drive Improvement in Software Delivery

September 1, 2020 by IT Revolution Leave a Comment

This post is adapted from an excerpt of Accelerate by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim. Our research, based on four years of the State of DevOps Report, has uncovered 24 key capabilities that drive improvements in software delivery performance in a statistically significant way. The book Accelerate details these findings. This post provides you with a handy list of these capabilities. We have classified these capabilities into five categories. Within each category, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Accelerate, Books, DevOps Community, Research Tagged With: accelerate, accelerate book, agile software, continual learning, continuous delivery, continuous improvement, devops, dora, Gene Kim, jez humble, lean software, nicole forsgren, state of devops report, teams, test automation, trunk-based development, WIP

Quick Guide to DevOps for the Non-IT Business Leader

August 24, 2020 by Mark Schwartz Leave a Comment

Adapted from War and Peace and IT: Business Leadership, Technology, and Success in the Digital Age by Mark Schwartz. What is DevOps 1) Small Teams of T-Shaped People DevOps is practiced in small teams, say five to nine people. Small teams can communicate among themselves face-to-face, thereby avoiding the overhead of passing around and perfecting documents. Each team is cross-functional, with skills in software development, testing, infrastructure engineering, operations, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, War and Peace and IT Tagged With: accelerate, agile, agile software design, automation, continuous delivery, cost reduction, devops, devops definition, devops for business, Dr. Nicole Forsgren, eric ries, guide to devops, increased speed, lean, lean manufactoring, lean software design, lean startup, mark schwartz, software delivery, software design, war and peace and it

Q&A With Dominica DeGrandis and Gene Kim

December 18, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

Recently, Gene Kim and Dominica DeGrandis had a chance to discuss Dominica's new book, Making Work Visible. Gene Kim: What inspired you to write this book? Dominica DeGrandis: When I was a Kanban for DevOps flow consultant, I facilitated a lot of workshops to help organizations design and improve their workflow. Workshop attendees repeatedly requested a handout that they could reference during the workshops. They wanted to look at the example kanban boards and policies while doing the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Making Work Visible Tagged With: agile, business, continuous delivery, development, devops, enterprise, executive, information technology, IT, kanban, leadership, lean, management, operations, software, software delivery

Day 3 Recap: DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco 2017

November 16, 2017 by DevOps Enterprise Summit Leave a Comment

That’s a wrap! The third and final day of the DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco was a huge success. Special thanks to all the speakers, sponsors, partners, and attendees for making DevOps Enterprise Summit a reality! We heard amazing stories across a spectrum of industries, including telecom (Verizon) to retail (Nike) to financial services (Nationwide and Barclays) and more. Despite the different marketplaces, the common thread amongst all presenters was DevOps has grown beyond its initial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DevOps Enterprise Summit Tagged With: agile, continuous delivery, development, devops, DevOps Enterprise Summit, DOES17, enterprise, executive, information technology, IT, IT Revolution, lean, operations, software, software delivery

Day 2 Recap: DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco 2017

November 15, 2017 by DevOps Enterprise Summit Leave a Comment

Whew! What an amazing second day at the DevOps Enterprise Summit in San Francisco today! It was another jam-packed schedule full of talks covering the themes of: Getting Business Buy-In, Security & Compliance, Ops & Next-Generation Leadership, Architecture, Technology for Technology Leaders and of course, Experience Reports! Topo Pal and Jennifer Brady from Capital One got the day started off right—several people are now adopting the "JFDI" acronym. Tisson Matthew from Alignment … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DevOps Enterprise Summit Tagged With: agile, continuous delivery, development, devops, DevOps Enterprise Summit, DOES17, enterprise, executive, information technology, IT, IT Revolution, lean, operations, software, software delivery

Day 1 Recap: DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco 2017

November 14, 2017 by DevOps Enterprise Summit 1 Comment

We kicked off the DevOps Enterprise Summit in San Francisco today and more than 1,400 people packed the Hilton Union Square for a day of immersive DevOps learning. With several plenary talks headlining the morning sessions, we heard incredible experience report updates from CSG International, KeyBank, Columbia Sportswear, Scaled Agile and a "co-opetition" presentation from Northrup Grumman and Lockheed Martin. After the midday break, attendees headed to their top breakout sessions in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DevOps Enterprise Summit Tagged With: agile, continuous delivery, development, devops, DevOps Enterprise Summit, DOES17, enterprise, executive, information technology, IT, IT Revolution, lean, operations, software, software delivery

Q&A With Mark Schwartz and Gene Kim

October 10, 2017 by admin Leave a Comment

Recently, Gene Kim and Mark Schwartz had a chance to discuss Mark's upcoming book, A Seat at the Table. It was an enlightening discussion about inspiration, common misconceptions and the often bumpy journey of a CIO. Gene Kim: Share the story of what inspired you to write A Seat at the Table, as well as the first time you realized that a) you didn’t have one, and b) when you finally got one? Mark Schwartz: I remember a conversation I had with the CEO of a company where I was CIO. My IT … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Seat at the Table Tagged With: agile, business, CIO, continuous delivery, CXO, development, devops, enterprise, executive, information technology, IT, leadership, lean, management, operations, software, software delivery

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