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...]
Q&A With Dominica DeGrandis and Gene Kim
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...]
Day 3 Recap: DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco 2017
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...]
Day 2 Recap: DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco 2017
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...]
Day 1 Recap: DevOps Enterprise Summit San Francisco 2017
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...]
Q&A With Mark Schwartz and Gene Kim
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...]
Catch DOES17 Speakers and Gene Kim October 6, LIVE on Continuous Discussions!
Get excited because DevOps Enterprise Summit (#DOES17) is just around the corner! What better way to get pumped for the conference than joining in a pre-show live video chat with some of this year’s most dynamic speakers? Carmen DeArdo (Nationwide Insurance), John Allspaw (formerly with Etsy), John Esser (AdvancedMD), and Scott Nasello (Columbia Sportswear) along with IT Revolution’s Gene Kim will join Electric Cloud’s Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) video podcast for a lively conversation on … [Read more...]
