Let’s imagine Jim works on the development team for a food company and his colleague, Julie, works on the operations team. On a daily basis, Jim focuses on analyzing users’ needs, testing and developing software, while Judy manages IT infrastructure and policies. Although they share the responsibility of software deployments and application support, Judy and […]
Should Your Company Hire Remote Full-Stack Developers?
Is your company seeking to hire a qualified full-stack developer? It seems like an easy enough task—create a job listing, read resumes, conduct technical interviews and make the hire. Finding engineers who understand every layer of the stack is difficult, however. Companies compete for the best and brightest full-stack developers and, unfortunately, they are in […]
What DevOps Can Learn from High Reliability Organizations
High reliability organizations are organizations that work in areas that are very hazardous or complex, and yet manage to have a lower accident rate than what would be normal for that environment. So what can DevOps and DevOps practitioners learn from the research of high reliability organizations? David Woods and Sidney Dekker both have done […]
Demystifying Crucial Phases of Project Management
With competition becoming more intense for development companies, project management is becoming a more integral part of every project. It’s no longer limited to the actual creation of a new project. Now, it’s about planning, communicating, collaborating and analyzing. With so many moving parts, it’s difficult to understand all of the important phases of project […]
InfluxData Video Series: ‘Time to Awesome’ with Mark Herring
InfluxData firmly believes an awesome experience is fundamental in developing and curating its developer community. After all, the company’s platform is designed for developers, said CMO Mark Herring, and so delivering a great experience is in the company’s DNA. “We want them to have an awesome experience from the first download to the first interaction […]
DevOps and Collaboration: Fraternizing with the Enemy?
DevOps is all about collaboration, we hear. “You must collaborate,” say managers initiating DevOps adoption programs. HR make new posters declaring the corporate values “We value Collaboration & Teamwork.” Can’t fail! Then when it appears not to be as effective as we had hoped we tell teams they are “Empowered” to collaborate. Blank stares! When […]
The Third Way of DevOps: From Knowing to Being
Why is the Third Way of DevOps so difficult to master? We all know the feeling. You’ve seen an opportunity to improve things and genuinely want to do something about is. But you soon feel the clarity and anticipation draining out of you. First there’s the pressure of the day job. Then there’s the inertia […]
The DevOps Role: Not a One-Person Job
This is actually a follow up of the article I wrote a little while ago on LinkedIn titled “DevOps is NOT Jenkins.” In that article, I ranted about how many people and companies confuse automation tools with DevOps. Now I want to address another misconception that I come across quite often: “DevOps is a role.” […]
Roadblocks to Successful DevOps Often Human, Not Technical
Usually, when people talk about DevOps, they focus on the technical aspects. However, in my experience we need to highlight what lies behind technology: the people. To effectively implement DevOps, we have to understand that many obstacles are not technical, but human. In working with various organizations in their DevOps journeys, I have seen six […]
Too Many Projects: Breaking Initiative Overload
Initiative overload. Those words send a chill down the spine of IT leaders everywhere. Not only are overloaded teams juggling too many projects, morale is usually low, with long hours every week and no end in sight. Yet, leaders can’t arbitrarily kill or stall projects without suffering blowback from somewhere. If you’ve been tapped to […]
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