Gene: Every company loves an org chart, but why are they really so misleading Matthew and Manuel: Org charts are management-focused constructs, meant to funnel lines of reporting from the bottom to the top—the typical hierarchical pyramid. The fundamental problem is extrapolating this construct and assuming it actually represents the lines of communication in the organization, alignment of business goals and decision making power. This misinterpretation still happens in most … [Read more...]
Q&A with Mark Schwartz and Gene Kim
Recently, Gene Kim had a chance to speak with Mark Schwartz about Mark's new book, War and Peace and IT, Business Leadership, Technology, and Success in the Digital Age:Gene Kim: What inspired you to write a book about IT management for business leaders?Mark Schwartz: I meet with executives from over a hundred large enterprises each year. It’s amazing how patterns emerge: so many of them are trying to transform digitally, trying to find new sources of growth and to survive disruption—and … [Read more...]
Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework
IT Revolution is excited to announce the release of our latest book, Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework. Dr. Mik Kersten, CEO of Tasktop, has written a book that every business, big or small, will need to read if they want to survive the Age of Software.Tech giants, startups, and digital natives are disrupting every market. No one is immune. And just as happened in the Age of Manufacturing, any business that doesn’t rise … [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...]
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...]
DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 – Day 1 Recap
The DevOps Enterprise Summit London opened to another sell-out crowd today at The InterContinental - The O2. A record 1,000 people filed into the main ballroom to hear Gene Kim welcome them to the third annual Summit in Europe. All of the presenters and organizations involved are helping to pioneer the practices and identify the patters that will soon be commonplace in businesses across the globe. In addition, Day 2 sessions will be showcasing some amazing experience reports from the leaders of … [Read more...]
Why I’m Excited for DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018
Holy Cow! We’re only a few weeks away from DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 and I can’t begin to describe just how excited I am for our third event in Europe. I never learn as much in short period of time as I do during my days spent at DevOps Enterprise. It's the place where some of the most courageous and exciting transformation stories I have ever seen take place, and this year’s conference is going to be no different!So many of the presenters and organizations involved are pioneering … [Read more...]
Recapping the #DOES18 CrowdChat – Tapping into Transformations
We recently teamed up with several members of the DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 (DOES18) community to host a #DOES18 CrowdChat. This CrowdChat gave members of the DevOps transformation community a chance to interact and connect with leading experts and practitioners before the event this June. During the hour-long social conversation, we posed several topics - from top learning resources to favorite DevOps meme - for the DOES18 community to illuminate the latest trends in DevOps, … [Read more...]
Q&A With Mirco Hering and Gene Kim
Recently, Gene Kim had a chance to speak with Mirco Hering about Mirco's new book, DevOps for the Modern Enterprise.Gene Kim: What inspired you to write DevOps for the Modern Enterprise?Mirco Hering: To be honest, there are a number of DevOps books in the market and I was wondering whether I had something unique to say. But then I realized that not a lot has been written of the complex organizational environments that people find themselves in with legacy applications and multiple … [Read more...]
