Value Stream Mapping is a crucial step in assessing an organization's DevOps capability. We create a value stream map of the software development lifecycle early in any DevOps engagement, because it helps ...

Deciding on two separate teams, or an integrated end-to-end team While a lot has been said about “the right way” to do DevOps, what we’re seeing in practice are two different approaches ...

Chris Riley former GigaOm analyst, O'Reilly author, DevOps.com featured writer and founder of Fixate I/O has written an outstanding report on the key role documentation must play in the modern software development ...

Sven Malvik - I've written thousand of lines of code based on lies, lies I hoped were the truth. The truth is that we make false assumptions. Assumptions that kill our business ...

If you are familiar with, or buy into the idea of the Hype Cycle, you are familiar with the Trough of Disillusionment. When it comes to adoption of pretty much anything, there ...

Container frameworks are emerging as a superior choice to create, manage, and run distributed applications in a scalable and secure fashion. Docker’s growth is testimony to the fact. There are 100 million ...

In his post “DevOps developers; don´t be a DevGoof” on devops.com Parker Yates pointed out, that developers have to become more social. Devs should better realize that they need to become a ...

A recurring argument in the DevOps community is whether the word DevOps should exist within a job title.  Most people close to DevOps think it’s a potentially harmful anti-pattern which indicates a ...

In software development, success is all about failure. That may sound as if we are carrying the "fail fast, fail hard" philosophy a little too far, but which would you rather have ...

Let's not be 'that' guy. And let's not be 'that' organization. You know, the one where "DevOps" is some magic pixie dust that we can sprinkle around, and then pat ourselves on the back ...

Constant change is a reality for any growing, dynamic organization. Being receptive to change helps us quickly innovate and learn, yet at the same time, poorly-managed change can create instability and downtime ...

The idea of DevOps being a competitive advantage is not a new one. Service providers, software sellers, and internal IT frequently use this argument to justify all kinds of investments. But is ...