• Culture Follows Structure

    Culture Follows Structure

    On January 17, 2019. Transavia hosted a highly interactive event “Fit for the Future,” enabled by CIO Platform Nederland and the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA). After several valuable lessons from Transavia and ABN AMRO Bank on their Agile and DevOps journeys, I had the privilege to facilitate one of the break-out sessions on Organizational…

  • 10 Lessons Learned by Cios in Creating a Sustainable Cultural Change in a DevOps Transformation

    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…

  • “Fit for the Future”

    “Fit for the Future”

    Bring on round two! After an intensive preparation between CIO Platform Nederland and DASA, the first thematic session of 2019 was a great success! Rik Farenhorst, CIO at Transavia and chairman of DASA DevOps Enterprise Leadership Forum acted as host. As part of the program, he gave a clear explanation of how far Transavia is…

  • Thank You and Best Wishes for 2019!

    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…

  • DevOps: Creating High Performing DevOps Teams Starts With Product Ownership

    DevOps: Creating High Performing DevOps Teams Starts With Product Ownership

    Says who? Last year we captured key success factors from hundreds of organizations wanting to create High Performing DevOps Teams. These success factors came from teams who participated in the Phoenix Project simulation as part of their DevOps journey. Some of these organizations were starting up and used the simulation to explore what DevOps is…

  • Active Learning Works from the Eyes of a Phoenix Project Facilitator

    Active Learning Works from the Eyes of a Phoenix Project Facilitator

    Digital business models demand different performance metrics and consumers reward those companies able to deliver them. Organizations who can’t meet the demands will likely fail. A key way to improve upon past performance and shift into a new way of working mandates enhanced skills and knowledge development for IT professionals and teams. DevOps aims for…

  • SIMPRAGMA and YAYATI, Enabling Digital Transformations – Powered by DASA

    SIMPRAGMA and YAYATI, Enabling Digital Transformations – Powered by DASA

    Simpragma is a boutique organisation with passionate experts who operate as “IT seals” on mission critical projects for start-ups and large organizations. Their expertise includes Simpragma is mastering all the major (DevOps) tools, techniques, languages and they commit to deliver at 10X-Speed and 10X-Scale. Simpragma is following DASA DevOps methodologies to develop individuals into High…

  • Kairos Digital Solutions a DevOps Powerhouse – Powered by DASA

    Kairos Digital Solutions a DevOps Powerhouse – Powered by DASA

    Kairos DS is a fast-growing, visionary, Agile-DevOps Powerhouse and rapidly expanding its footprint accross the globe. Headquartered in Madrid with offices in various geographies Kairos is empowering organizations moving to new digital business models, covering end-to-end services from consulting, coaching, training to software development. All packaged in a hands-on and no nonsense approach. A core…

  • The DevOps Summit Amsterdam Finding the Balance Between Adopting Tools and Taking the Organization Along in a DevOps Journey

    The DevOps Summit Amsterdam Finding the Balance Between Adopting Tools and Taking the Organization Along in a DevOps Journey

    The DevOps Summit Amsterdam was a great success!  Xebia’s Marco Lormans host and moderator of the event along with CEO Consultancy Services Andrew de la Haije who delivered a warm welcome to the participants and opened the summit. There were over 200 participants from across Europe who came together to listen to Thought Leaders, Pioneers,…

  • DevOps Enterprise Summit – Accelerating DevOps Teams

    DevOps Enterprise Summit – Accelerating DevOps Teams

    A week has passed since the DevOps Enterprise Summit took place in Vegas, and the reviews are rolling in. Overall the response is overwhelmingly positive, and it is so exciting to see the industry come together and share experiences and learn from each other. A central theme in all the reviews is the importance of building high…