Many organizations are having trouble rolling out OKRs or objectives and key results, especially when top leaders overreach into the planning process using OKRs to bludgeon their favorite project or feature into the plan. Dr. Mik Kersten, Founder and CEO of Tasktop, talked at the recent DevOps Enterprise Summit about his seven years of experience using OKRs and what he's seen go right and wrong in large complex organizations. You can watch his full presentation here. I've now had eight years of … [Read more...]
Measuring Software Quality
This post was adapted from the Measuring Software Quality white paper, written by Cornelia Davis, Stephen Magill, Rosalind Radcliffe and James Wickett. In today’s digital economy, where software is central to the business, the overall quality of that software is more important than ever before. Together with a solid market need and business plan, top quality software leads to customer satisfaction, revenue, and profitability, and the best designs can even allow an organization to more … [Read more...]
