Culture is nebulous. It encompasses all the behaviors and attitudes of an organization, from overarching business values down to the individual actions of an employee. Because culture is transient, it’s unique to every business, feels difficult to change and is even harder to measure. This can make it frustrating to see DevOps research continuously name […]
Break Open the Black Box of Software Development
If you asked an airline executive what their biggest expense was just a few decades ago, they would’ve easily answered, “Jet fuel.” These days, you’d be hard-pressed to find an executive in any industry that wouldn’t answer with, “Software.” But here’s the difference: With jet fuel, that executive would have told you that they can […]
A Poet’s Defense
Tips for Successfully Adjusting to Life as a Project Manager
When you switch to a new work environment, it takes time to adjust to the new surroundings. As a project manager, you have to be ready to lead your team on the path to success while ensuring a good system of supervision and support. At this stage of your career, if you are feeling a […]
How IT is More Like an ATV Than a Sedan
There is an analogy for IT being like a car and it often goes something like this: IT should run like a well-oiled machine. I don’t get in my car and think about how it works, I just work some controls and it does what I need it to and it goes where I need it […]
Lean Security: How Better Development Can Protect Your Business
If companies are to reach their strategic goals—reducing time to market, boosting sales, improving product market fit and brand image, and cutting cybersecurity costs—then it’s time for a new outlook on software security. Today’s business leaders must learn to see security for what it is: A differentiating factor. Companies with reputations for secure developmental processes […]
Changing the Culture of Metrics Analysis
You could say the development and operations teams gave birth to the idea of DevOps, as it is believed the chief benefits are garnered in those two functional disciplines. Because of this, metrics nearly always are conducted from the points of view of cost reduction, speed and efficiency. This makes perfect sense when business treats […]
The Business Value in Software Quality
Software is taking over the world. You would be hard pressed today to find a company without dedicated software development efforts. But even in traditional business models, this is not confined to line-of-business applications. Organizations now have public, contractor and field team applications—as well as end users. And they must consider the results-focused future of […]
Metrics for DevOps
Your organization is now committed to DevOps methodology. You’ve integrated development, operations, and QA, and you have moved drastically away from waterfall and into a fire hose of application development. How do you find out how well it works? How do you know if it’s working at all? Many net new DevOps organizations are surprised […]
Step One Of DevOps Ignores Technology
I’ve spent a bunch of time talking with Adrian Cockcroft, former cloud tzar at Neflix, and listening to his various talks and presentations. I’ve also spent a bunch of time looking around the various rooms within which he presents and seen the dazed look of attendees who have rightly assumed that just seen a picture […]