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DevOps Demands a (Re)new(ed) Kind of Leadership
In this, part one of a three-part blog, I share my 25 years of IT expertise (and some current research) that indicates new leadership skills — including training on the new IT way of working — necessary to meet the new demands of managing DevOps Teams. And this isn’t just for CIOs. Middle management has…
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Getting Things Done – The Power of Sticky Tape and Post-it Notes
Hold your horses! We can’t do everything. You have to choose! The quote is from a one-day DevOps simulation session I recently ran at a Swedish company in the music streaming business. The person expressing the frustration was responsible for managing the team’s workload. Within the realm of the simulation, it was quite clear that…
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‘Translating Competence’ Into ‘Value’
What did 35 Senior IT leaders from an International Technology group discover after participating in Phoenix Project business simulation? ‘This was eye-opening!’ Said one manager. ‘We need to take away this concept of BizDevOps’ said another after experiencing the importance of DASA ‘Business Value Optimization.’ Shaping Leadership Ambitions Serview and GamingWorks, two DASA Forerunners, facilitated…
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Following Up: “DevOps in Action” Webinar
The DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) recently hosted a webinar with Paul Wilkinson, co-Owner of GamingWorks, in which he discussed The Phoenix Project Business Simulation and how it maps to the DASA Competence Framework. We received so many thought-provoking questions during the webinar, that we ended up running out of time. Fortunately, we were able…
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A Case Study: Increasing Training ROI with DASA
Developing employee competencies is an important activity faced by all IT Managers. They must make sure the team has the right knowledge, skills, behaviors and attitudes to do their jobs at the level expected, and also to create the right culture to innovate and keep the work attractive enough to retain employees.
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Board Meeting Drives Momentum
Last month, on August 16th, the DASA Board came together to discuss the current state of the business and action plan. The DASA CEO, Deborah Burton, led the meeting, and as the chair of the editorial board, I was invited to join this session. As DASA advocates an open and transparent model, I am taking…
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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…
