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Sprint Zero Considered Harmful!

February 21, 2020 Feb 21, 2020 02/21/20
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Successfully delivering valuable functionality in the first sprint or three can be difficult, and for some, simply impossible. But the lessons learned from the attempt are invaluable! Taking an early hit, failing in the short term is unimportant if it improves the chance of success in the long run.

Intro to GitHub Actions

December 19, 2019 Dec 19, 2019 12/19/19
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GitHub Actions makes it easy to automate all your software workflows, now with world-class CI/CD. Build, test, and deploy your code right from GitHub. Make code reviews, branch management, and issue triaging work the way you want.

DevOps Handbook review

December 17, 2019 Dec 17, 2019 12/17/19
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The DevOps Handbook describes the aspects of working toward a satisfying result for a customer while handling apparently conflicting goals within the organization. The book explains through case studies how companies have resolved the apparent contradictions, aligning everyone’s goals can bring about greater rewards and process improvements.

Creating and refining your automated testing strategy

November 1, 2019 Nov 1, 2019 11/1/19
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We all know that automated testing is a key component of a successful DevOps practice. However, it’s also common for organizations to underestimate the change effort required to create a complete testing strategy. In this blog post we are going to demonstrate the advantages of creating a clear automated testing strategy, in three simple steps

Scrum Isn’t Always Perfect (and that’s okay)

July 17, 2019 Jul 17, 2019 07/17/19
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Over the years, I have coached and researched dozens of scrum teams to adapt to “real world” scenarios. Some may call them anti-patterns or some may call them “not scrum”-- but that is okay too because sometimes we have to work with what we have and still find ways to be successful.

DevOps or Economies of Flow

July 16, 2019 Jul 16, 2019 07/16/19
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The very notion of economies of scale arose during the early industrial age but unfortunately is still prevalent in many industries, including software development. However, that has changed with DevOps but it still isn’t obvious otherwise I would not come across customers that still work in this paradigm.

Learn How to Ask the Right Questions!

June 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 06/30/19
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if you want to change something, never immediately assume that current conditions are immutable. If you’ve never discussed the possibility to change, you cannot know whether others – your partners, customers, teammates, or managers – would resist, or the reverse – enthusiastically gush and support the change.

4 Ways to Integrate Development and Operations Efforts

June 30, 2019 Jun 30, 2019 06/30/19
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How do you deal with the fact that the developers in your organization cannot or will not own the process of delivering into production? How do you deal with the fact that your operations engineers cannot or do not fully understand the software to which they have been given stewardship?

The Journey Begins – DevOps starts with culture!

June 29, 2019 Jun 29, 2019 06/29/19
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At this point we were five plus years into a local transformation that was underappreciated and overlooked by the global IT organization. The frustration was high and the hope was waning. For me this became my motivation to start a journey to understand why some organization can adopt DevOps strategies successfully and other struggle.