DevOps Institute released its annual Upskilling the Enterprise survey and the results are as interesting as last year. The organization of DevOps teams and its interaction with speed/success was one area that intrigued me, and sent me off looking for more information on the topic. This led me to this interesting site that does a […]
Putting People Before Software
Software development teams typically are focused on a single goal: delivering new, killer features that users love. Driving revenue and usage is core to Agile and DevOps. Yet without motivated, productive people, you can forget about building good software. Heightened competition requires companies to go the extra mile to develop and retain employees. Here are […]
DevOps developers; don’t be a DevGoof
There was a lot of brush back last week over Jeff Knupp’s post about how DevOps is killing the developer. Frankly I wasn’t shocked by Knupp’s opinion that developers “are the dentists in the dental office”. In my 30+ years of involvement in the IT industry my experience is that developers often think of themselves […]