Mark Smalley

Mark Smalley, also known as The IT Paradigmologist, thinks, writes and speaks about IT 'paradigms' such as DevOps – in other words our changing perspectives on IT. He is a Trainer/Consultant at Smalley.IT. He has contributed to various IT industry bodies of knowledge and has spoken at hundreds of events in more than 20 countries.

The Phoenicorn Project

November 20, 2019 | Five Ideals, the phoenix project, The Unicorn Project

The Unicorn Project is the sequel to the ground-breaking book The Phoenix Project. Most people know the story about Bill the IT manager at Parts Unlimited, who is tasked with fixing a ...

Top DevOps Challenges at DOES19

July 11, 2019 | devops challenges, DevOps enterprise summit, DOES19

I recently attended the prestigious DevOps Enterprise Summit in London. During the three-day event, I asked people what their major DevOps transformation challenge is. I wanted to examine these at global events, ...

The Third Way of DevOps: Stacking the Cards in Your Favor

December 6, 2018 | behavior, change, complex systems

In the Third Way of DevOps, change is as much attitude as it is behavior In our first post, "The Third Way of DevOps – From Knowing to Being," we shared our ...