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Best practices to prepare for a high priority event

April 23, 2020 Apr 23, 2020 04/23/20

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How do you best align your team and prepare your services to ensure a successful event? We will walk you through the proven practices to ensure your team executes on your event successfully.

5 Reasons Why Engaging with Your End Users Improves Your Code

March 30, 2020 Mar 30, 2020 03/30/20

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One of the biggest mistakes I see in any project is the development team failing to get outside feedback. Whether project teams wait until the very end of a project to reach our or they don’t get feedback at all, these teams are missing out on one of the best sources of information to help build a better solution.

DevOps Dojo de Microsoft Services

March 6, 2020 Mar 6, 2020 03/6/20

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Le DevOps Dojo: Ceinture blanche contient huit modules, chacun aligné sur les concepts clés DevOps tels que l’intégration continue, la sécurité continue, la planification continue et autres.

A DevOps Dojo for Microsoft Enterprise Services

March 6, 2020 Mar 6, 2020 03/6/20

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The DevOps Dojo: White Belt contains eight modules, each aligned to key DevOps concepts such as Continuous Integration, Continuous Security, Continuous Planning, and others.

DevOps Dojo de Microsoft Servicios

March 6, 2020 Mar 6, 2020 03/6/20

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“DevOps Dojo: Cinta Blanca” contiene ocho módulos, cada uno alineado con conceptos clave de DevOps como integración continua, seguridad continua, planeación continua y otros.

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.

How to Maximize the Value of Your Planning Session

February 20, 2020 Feb 20, 2020 02/20/20

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Asking these questions during sprint planning is a great way to start a conversation that will both achieve the principles of collaboration and engagement, and ensure a greater understanding of the value that the product is expected to deliver to its users.

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.

One Project To Rule Them All

July 15, 2019 Jul 15, 2019 07/15/19

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Unfortunately, many enterprises have multiple organizations and projects in their portfolio and merging them into a single project can seem a daunting task. While there are tools out there that can help, there is no “Single Tool To Rule Them All”.