-
·
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…
-
·
Leadership Starts With You
As follow up to the successful ‘Fit for the Future’ CIO event organized by CIO Platform Netherlands and DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA), a CEG Agile/Scrum event was organized and kindly hosted by Rabobank. One of the goals was to further explore the findings from the CIO event. As part of this follow on event…
-
·
DevOps Knowledge Day Findings – ‘Courage’ is the Name of the Game!
“Courage” seemed to be a common theme at the Conlea ‘DevOps Knowledge Day’ event co-sponsored by the DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA). Courage to deal with suspicious boards (doubt, having heard all the ‘best practice’ promises before), courage to deal with managers (fear of the change to span of control and new leadership styles) and…
-
·
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:…
-
·
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
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”
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!
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
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
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…
