Jessica Kerr

Jessica Kerr is a developer of development systems working as Lead Engineer for Atomist where she writes automations and automation infrastructure in TypeScript, Clojure, and whatever else is needed. She is a back-end developer who believes the front-end is most crucial. Jessica speaks at conferences in the US and Europe.

DevOps as Matrix Management

December 6, 2018 | devops teams, matrix management, software, team management

How matrix management can help teams work effectively regardless of skills We want teams to share a common purpose. They need a wide set of skills. If we lead by purpose, then ...

Software Delivery: Shaking Loose of a Local Optimum

November 29, 2018 | developers, devops, operations, software defined delivery

This is an article about software delivery, that magical or onerous field between pushing code to version control and using it in production. Why does software delivery matter? Because software matters, and ...