Part 3 of 4: Where to Start with DevOps Series Over the past few weeks, we have been discussing the necessary steps to start your DevOps transformation. In week one we covered the three key components to consider in choosing a starting place in this post: Selecting Which Value Stream to Start With And then in week two we covered how value is delivered to the customer and how to improve flow in this post: Understand the Work in Our Value Stream and Improving Flow This week we are learning … [Read more...]

Part 2 of 4: Where to Start with DevOps Series Last week, I highlighted how to identify a value stream to which you can begin to apply DevOps principles and patterns in this post: Selecting Which Value Stream to Start With Our next step in our DevOps transformation is to gain a sufficient understanding of how value is delivered to the customer, by evaluating what work is performed, by whom, and what steps we can take to improve flow.   Let us begin by identifying the teams supporting … [Read more...]

Part 1 of 4: Where to Start with DevOps Series Choosing the best value stream for your DevOps transformation deserves careful consideration. Not only does the value stream we choose dictate the difficulty of your transformation, but it also dictates who will be involved in the transformation, how we organize the teams, and how we can best enable those teams and the individuals in them. determining whether the project at hand will be a greenfield or brownfield service. Originally used … [Read more...]