Where the world meets DevOps
Continuous Testing: Solving the Biggest DevOps Bottleneck
It’s time to start implementing the practices of Continuous Testing Earlier this year, Computing Magazine conducted a fascinating study around the adoption and benefits of DevOps in its DevOps Review 2017 publication ...
Using DevOps Metrics Effectively
If you’re a DevOps leader, you have a very tough job. You have to radically transform processes and behaviors that have been ingrained in IT for decades. You have to adopt new ...
Metrics Only Matter When They Matter
Many studies have shown the significant value that DevOps can bring to a software organization. However, organizations on their own DevOps journey need more than general industry studies or case studies. Any ...
Beware False DevOps Metrics
Metrics are important for any manager seeking to continuously improve critical work processes and the resulting work-product. That’s why DevOps leaders need DevOps metrics. With the right ones, those leaders can guide ...
Predictable Progress: Tracking DevOps Maturity Metrics
As DevOps methodologies continue to evolve, we’re naturally seeing an increased emphasis on the cultivation of related maturity metrics. For instance, in the 2016 State of DevOps Report, researchers with DORA took ...
DevOps Ascending: Guardrails, Not Guidelines – DevOps For Digital Leaders
The season of DevOps is upon us, if not only related to widespread adoption, then certainly in terms of industry emphasis. This week, at the CA World ’16 conference, my colleagues and ...
Keep Applications Running by Testing Early, Continuously
Almost every product we buy or use today goes through some form of extensive testing before it’s released on the market; typically, these tests are designed to replicate the worst-case scenarios that ...
State of DevOps Report: Reaping Results
The newly released 2016 State of DevOps Report concludes that DevOps is “no longer a mere fad or buzzword,” but rather an established set of practices and cultural patterns. Yet, a closer ...
Piecing Together the Elements of DevOps Transformation
Sometimes when a concept as transformative as DevOps comes along, it’s easy to forget that subsequent adoption represents a highly complex and iterative process. While it’s clear that some organizations are already ...
Microservices, Hyper-Complexity, and Automation
Imagine building a human being one DNA codon at a time. Sure, you might be able to build a pretty awesome individual. But it would take a long, long time. And you’d ...
