Due to a confluence of factors, individuals and organizations are rushing to become agile. One of the visible factors driving this dash to agility is the publicly stated desire of most organizations to become more digital – become more software driven, by building and operating their business products as either purely digital products or physicalContinue reading “Becoming an agile practioner : PMI -ACP guidance”
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DevOps in a day : Capgemini DevOps series, Toronto.
DevOps is an expansive management practice hence challenging to do well but doing DevOps well is a strategic necessity. It is expansive because it touches various elements in the value stream of software development, software deployment and software operations . And it is a strategic necessity because business is increasingly mediated through software, which meansContinue reading “DevOps in a day : Capgemini DevOps series, Toronto.”
The business case for DevOps : Fully realize the business benefits of Agile software Development
The thinking that Agile software development and DevOps are different and separate frameworks, and hence need to be adopted separately seems to be taking hold. This is obviously, incorrect and has insidious long term consequence as it will perpetuate the divide between Dev and Ops. Although, Agile software development preceded DevOps – Agile software developmentContinue reading “The business case for DevOps : Fully realize the business benefits of Agile software Development”
Competing in the digital age with Lean Startup, Agile software development and DevOps
To compete in the digital age , it is becoming increasingly important to move away from a activity based functional teams to multi disciplinary product teams consisting of business ( product owners, designers, UX , business analysts… ) and IT (developers, testers, security, operations …. ) folks. However, for the newly created product based teamsContinue reading “Competing in the digital age with Lean Startup, Agile software development and DevOps”
The culture conundrum : To succeed with Agile and DevOps transformation, you need to get the culture right.
One of the key success factors in Agile and DevOps transformation is the culture of the teams and the organization. However, since culture is intangible it is difficult to get a sense of whether you are getting culture right or wrong. So, instead of getting caught up prematurely in the minutiae of how to getContinue reading “The culture conundrum : To succeed with Agile and DevOps transformation, you need to get the culture right.”
Succeeding with DevOps: Google’s DevOps survey findings mapped to DASA’s DevOps competence model
DASA DevOps Competence Model First the expected good news, “Harvard Business Review Analytic Services Study Competitive advantage through DevOps” – a survey sponsored by Google Cloud , confirmed that DevOps delivers key business results. Survey respondents who adopted the DevOps approach say that it has improved speed to market ( named by 70%), productivity (67%),Continue reading “Succeeding with DevOps: Google’s DevOps survey findings mapped to DASA’s DevOps competence model”
Redefining and reinventing project management for today’s post industrial digital age
In many organizations, employees know more about their work than their managers. This reality should force organizations that still cling to the old, top-down style of managing to recognize that many employees today are very capable of managing themselves https://iveybusinessjournal.com/publication/a-new-role-for-management-in-todays-post-industrial-organization/ With this opening salvo, Mitch McCrimmon writing in the Ivey Business Journal, gets to theContinue reading “Redefining and reinventing project management for today’s post industrial digital age”
Getting DevOps right : It is not just about technology, leadership and management matters
It is a truism that to realise the benefits of a technology driven change initiative the focus has to be on deliberate leadership and management of the initiative, rather than an exclusive focus on technology and tools. However, that obvious truth gets lost, in the euphoria and excitement about the latest technology, especially in technologicallyContinue reading “Getting DevOps right : It is not just about technology, leadership and management matters”
Go agile or go extinct : Reiventing project management for the digital age
As this is fundamental to getting Agile right, let me begin by reiterating what I said earlier,the two aspects of Agile – an agile mindset, and agile methods and their associated practices need to go hand in hand. A mindset without the methods and practices is non-practicable Agile, while methods without the Agile mindset will resultContinue reading “Go agile or go extinct : Reiventing project management for the digital age”
Agile practice guide : What is Agile and why getting the definition right matters
Agile – It is both the mindset and the method Agile is everywhere in the world of work – in casual conversations, in formal management meetings, even in boardrooms – there is constant chatter about Agile.Where ever you turn, some one seems to be mouthing an ever-expanding stream of agile phrases – daily standup, xp,Continue reading “Agile practice guide : What is Agile and why getting the definition right matters”
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