Tag: Business
The Business Case for DevOps Culture
Culture is nebulous. It encompasses all the behaviors and attitudes of an organization, from overarching business values down to the individual actions of an employee. Because culture is transient, it’s unique to ...
Break Open the Black Box of Software Development
If you asked an airline executive what their biggest expense was just a few decades ago, they would’ve easily answered, “Jet fuel.” These days, you’d be hard-pressed to find an executive in ...
Tips for Successfully Adjusting to Life as a Project Manager
When you switch to a new work environment, it takes time to adjust to the new surroundings. As a project manager, you have to be ready to lead your team on the ...
How IT is More Like an ATV Than a Sedan
There is an analogy for IT being like a car and it often goes something like this: IT should run like a well-oiled machine. I don't get in my car and think about ...
Lean Security: How Better Development Can Protect Your Business
If companies are to reach their strategic goals—reducing time to market, boosting sales, improving product market fit and brand image, and cutting cybersecurity costs—then it's time for a new outlook on software ...
Changing the Culture of Metrics Analysis
You could say the development and operations teams gave birth to the idea of DevOps, as it is believed the chief benefits are garnered in those two functional disciplines. Because of this, ...
The Business Value in Software Quality
Software is taking over the world. You would be hard pressed today to find a company without dedicated software development efforts. But even in traditional business models, this is not confined to ...
Metrics for DevOps
Your organization is now committed to DevOps methodology. You've integrated development, operations, and QA, and you have moved drastically away from waterfall and into a fire hose of application development. How do ...
Step One Of DevOps Ignores Technology
I've spent a bunch of time talking with Adrian Cockcroft, former cloud tzar at Neflix, and listening to his various talks and presentations. I've also spent a bunch of time looking around ...