Tag: Modernizing IT Operations & Infrastructure

  • 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,…

  • Executive Connections Insights

    Executive Connections Insights

    The DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) was a sponsor of the ‘Executive Connections’ sessions held for leaders at itSMF USA – Fusion 18 Conference in St Louis. One of the program activities was a chance to explore DevOps challenges and recommendations with Gene Kim, keynote speaker and author of the Phoenix Project book. These are…

  • DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) Provides Core Skills Key for DevOps Success!

    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…

  • Building DASA Competencies and DevOps Leadership Through Business Simulations

    Building DASA Competencies and DevOps Leadership Through Business Simulations

    I recently facilitated a Phoenix Project simulation on behalf of Microsoft for the IT leaders of one of its customer organizations; in this blog you can get an idea of how simulations help organizational leadership understand the importance of the DASA DevOps core skill areas. 3 Part Blog In March 2018 Microsoft in the Netherlands…

  • TEST Section

    TEST Section

    In this, part one of a two-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…

  • DevOps Demands a (Re)new(ed) Kind of Leadership

    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…

  • ‘Translating Competence’ Into ‘Value’

    ‘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…

  • Following Up: “DevOps in Action” Webinar

    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…