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Thank You DASA Partners and Best Wishes for 2020!
2019 was a successful year for DASA. Thanks to all of you around the world for contributing to our fast-growing DevOps community! Building on the momentum of the previous years, 2019 continued with strong growth and adoption of DASA DevOps in the global marketplace. DASA expanded its footprint into new markets and introduced new certifications…
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Digitization or Digital Transformation?
“What is the difference between automation and digitization?” “What is the difference between digitization and digital transformation?” I often hear from people. I answer briefly, taking into account the differences in people’s knowledge. Automation: Efficient methods to eliminate repeated processing and human error from “manual and toil” states. Digitization: Making it possible for computers to…
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DevOps: A Boy Named Sue
Everyone has an opinion about DevOps. Similar to what has happened to cloud, Agile, Lean and Scrum, this unavoidably leads to cult behavior. Strong beliefs, not only on what it really is but also how it should be integrated with current organizational and technological practices, lead to fierce discussions and multipolar behaviors. But does it…
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Getting DevOps Right (It Is Not Just About Technology, Leadership and Management Matters)
It is a truism that to realize the benefits of technology has 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 technologically…
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Eisenbahnscheinbewegung, or Fake High-Performance Transformations
Over the past years, I’ve seen quite some interesting organizational transformations. No matter which labels were being used (agile, Lean, DevOps), all promise for a collaborative culture with high-performing teams and flows of value. In my experience, the major challenge in any of those transformations is to achieve a sense of ownership and shared responsibility…
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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 development…
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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 get…
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10 Lessons Learned by Cios in Creating a Sustainable Cultural Change in a DevOps Transformation
Most organizations with a strong dependence on IT have started experimenting with DevOps today. The path from Waterfall to DevOps typically leads through adopting Agile and Scrum but is not linear or the same for every organization. IT Leaders play an important part in realizing the transformational journey for their organization. As part of this…
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Thank You and Best Wishes for 2019!
2018, was indeed a year highlighted by strong growth and adoption of DASA DevOps in the market. Last year DASA was present on the ground in more than 20+ countries. We launched the DASA DevOps Quickscan™ that’s been taken by hundreds of individuals worldwide, delivered exams in 49 countries. We now support eight local language…
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DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) Provides Core Skills Key for DevOps Success!
The eagerly awaited State of DevOps 2018 report is available. In this article, I want to share some of its findings, from people and their cultural perspectives and how these relate back to the DASA Team Competence Model Core Skill areas. I also have added critical findings from earlier State of DevOps reports for those…
