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The Importance of Behaviour in a DevOps Environment
The behavior of people shows the culture of an organization. Which behaviors can you define, which would fit a DevOps environment? Did you think of these terms? These are all relevant statements, but none of them is real behavior. Try to define behavior in terms of “what you see someone do or hear someone say.”…
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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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Why the Cultural Element of DevOps Is Crucial
The core of the DevOps culture is the emphasis on service. The following figure shows how this mindset helps to deliver a high-quality product. The focus on service is not just limited to ensuring a product is available for use by the customer. A service mindset ensures that a high-quality product is not only available…
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Story Maps and Business Value
The two approaches to developing products or services are incremental and iterative. The following figures depict the difference between the two approaches. In an Agile DevOps environment, both approaches are used to develop a product. You might need to build upon the existing parts or functionality (iterative). There can also be a situation where you…
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Multitasking Impact on Productivity in a DevOps Environment
Multitasking makes each and every task to take a longer time to complete than required. The cause of delay is due to the time lost when switching between multiple tasks, as shown in the following figure. According to Gerald Weinberg (Quality Software Management: Systems Thinking), there is a loss of around 20% of the total…
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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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SRVISION 2019
It’s time for organizations to become more resilient to get ready for the digital age! The annual SRVISION event took place in the Netherlands discussing Flying Datacenters, Pando – the largest single living organism on earth, and Edith from All in the Family looking to put more Ops into DevOps. The line-up for the event…
