Continuous Delivery and Deployment: A Tale of Two Models
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The War with Human Nature
What is the difference between “leading” edge and “bleeding” edge? Being the first human being to advocate change. It is a virtual war with human nature to accept change. For all the innovation introduced into our society, most of it is a product of invention over evolution. Don’t get me wrong: Once we find something […]
7 Causes of Continuous Delirium
When we think of CD, we typically think of continuous deployment as a result of continuous delivery, which is a goal of DevOps. In this article, I coin the phrase, “Continuous Delirium,” to mean unending confusion or bewilderment in development environments. There are probably several examples that could fit the bill here, but for now […]
The Nirvana of Gated Progression
A highly functioning enterprise-class DevOps set of services has a fundamental goal of full automation. To be honest, having the right DevOps strategist (or visionary) leading this effort is as important to achieving this goal as the combination of all the challenges and topics that must be addressed. So for the sake of argument, will […]
Culture Change: Metrics, Tools Make a Difference
Change is in the wind. This time of the year, as winter weather gives way to springtime renewal, this concept isn’t a cliché but rather a concrete, visceral experience. You go outside, smell the earth defrosting and know for certain that change is happening all around you. You can feel it. Such is the case […]
Change Management & Continuous Delivery: Clash or Harmony?
Introducing changes into running software systems is risky. There’s always a chance of failure, and that can have a negative impact on your business. It’s important to mitigate that risk, but there’s more than one way to do so. Change Management is all about ensuring that changes to existing systems and software in production are […]
How Change Management Serves the Developer
Change management first comes to mind as a means to keep errant, untested, unapproved code from entering production. But did you know that what is good for IT operations is good for developers, too? Developers appreciate change management. They enjoy the change management benefits of Linus Torvald’s popular Git version control system http://git-scm.com/, which maintains […]
Change your thinking about Change Management
Change Management, let’s face it, it’s usually a checklist item and a CYA tool. But in the world of DevOps where change is part of the culture and processes. Change Management needs to be more than a cost center, and really a way to improve what you are doing. And there is no excuse not […]
Hacking Your Auditor
No, not that kind of hacking, give me a little credit… Recently I was having a conversation with a consulting friend about DevOps, and he found himself in a bit of a tough situation. The organization he was working with was a pure cloud/DevOps shop, but one that was stepping into having the meet compliance […]