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Q&A with Mark Schwartz and Gene Kim

May 22, 2019 by Ann Leave a Comment

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 yet … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, War and Peace and IT Tagged With: agile, business, culture, devops, enterprise, executive, information technology, IT, leadership, lean, management, operations, the art of business value

Q&A With Mirco Hering and Gene Kim

April 11, 2018 by Gene Kim Leave a Comment

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...]

Filed Under: Books, Uncategorized Tagged With: business, devops, enterprise, information technology, 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

ITV, Allianz, UK DWP and Two DevOps Authors Take a “Deep Dive Into DevOps”

April 14, 2017 by Gene Kim Leave a Comment

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On the heels of our latest DevOps Enterprise Summit London speaker and programming announcement, I had the pleasure of being joined by Tom Clark, Head of Common Platform at ITV, Andrea Hirzle-Yager, Head of Department, IT at Allianz Deutschland AG, Mark Schwartz, CIO and author of The Art of Business Value and A Seat at the Table and Mayank Prakash, Chief Digital and Information Officer at Department for Work and Pensions for a live video chat—already our third installment for 2017! We huddled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DevOps Enterprise Summit Tagged With: devops, enterprise

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