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The Benefits & Pitfalls of Collaboration You Should Be Aware Of
The success key of any team is teamwork, and the most important behavior of teamwork is collaboration. The meaning of collaboration is working together to achieve a goal. It is the central theme for DevOps Teams. Collaboration offers a number of benefits but also brings with it a number of pitfalls if not implemented effectively,…
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Kaizen Event and Value Stream Mapping as Continuous Improvement Tools
Continuous improvement tools can support the Kaizen or radical change mindset. Kaizen EventA Kaizen event is a structured problem-solving approach that contributes to purposeful continuous improvement within any organization. DMAIC is a problem-solving approach to facilitate continuous improvement, as shown in the following figure. The primary tasks of the various steps of the DMAIC cycle are:…
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Why Taking DevOps “Literally” is No Solution
To create independent and autonomous teams around services, you might be tempted to build teams with full-stack expertise as depicted in the following figure. Although this might be a better setup, it takes the DevOps approach too literally. Each team, now, needs all knowledge and skills, and reuse is almost zero. DevOps is often misunderstood…
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DevOps: A Culture, a Movement, a Practice
If you’ve been working in or interacting with the IT world recently, you have probably noticed the use of the term DevOps is on the rise. This increase is fueling a growing curiosity around what DevOps actually is. In response to this, Clutch surveyed 247 organizations about their perceptions and experiences with DevOps to gain…
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3 DevOps Trends for 2017
DevOps is still shining bright in 2017! In this blog post, we will discuss three new trends which you need to keep an eye on this year according to CA Technologies: 1. Testing will continue to grow as a topic of interest In order to ensure high-quality code in an accelerated development environment, it is…
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3 Partners On Why They’re Forerunners with DASA
Everyone is talking about DevOps and the question is why is it such a hot topic? It’s been almost a year since we launched the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) in April of last year. We recently sat down with three DASA Forerunner Partners to get their perspectives an DASA and the current state of…
