Tag: Lean
Lean for DevOps: Measuring the meaningful
At a recent Lean project report out to stakeholders, a piece of analysis was presented which showed the quantity of metrics being captured, in various areas, at different organizational levels. IBM's Watson ...
Lean for DevOps: Is it OK to move the banana?
There is an urban legend about a Lean deployment which, in the process of applying the 5S to a workshop, drew lines on the desk to indicate where each worker should keep ...
Roll-up your sleeves – Launch a SAFe® Agile Release Train
Most organizations often begin their agile transformation with a series of low risk, stand-alone pilots. While these pilots may prove that teams can adopt small team agile practices such as “Scrum” or ...
Steer SAFely – So how do you do it?
This is the third blog in the DevOps – Scaled Agile series. In the previous blogs, we discussed the characteristics of a successful enterprise agile transformation and provided specific guidance on applying ...
Steer SAFely – Driving collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams
This is the second blog in the DevOps – Scaled Agile series. In the first blog, Scaling Lean and Agile for the enterprise: All hands on keyboard!!!, we discussed the characteristics of ...
Scaling Lean and Agile for the enterprise: All hands on keyboard!!!
Lean and Agile methodologies are nothing new, but in the last few years we have seen the emergence of several frameworks combining elements of both. The IBM DevOps framework is one clear ...
Will DevOps Kill IT Outsourcing?: Part 1
Part 1: DevOps and outsourcing like oil and water After nearly two decades of steady IT outsourcing for the sake of savings and efficiency gains, the shine seems to have worn off ...
Lean for DevOps: Mapping the tributaries and deltas of demand
Here at IBM's Lean practice we use a diagram called 'Mississippi' to analyze demand. It is not so-called because it originates in Mississippi - in fact I've been given to understand that ...
Lean Value Stream Mapping for DevOps
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 ...
Why do DevOps? Winning hearts and minds with a Lean boxscore
Change is difficult. It can be painful, disruptive, and costly. Making a case for change requires us to win over hearts and minds. In my experience, we need to win the hearts ...
Think you’ve established Kanban? Why you might only be halfway there
As a Lean Coach working in IT I often hear development teams refer proudly to their scrumboards as an example of Kanban. To which I say, 'that's a great start... but it's ...
Five essential Ops strategies that help make DevOps the real deal
With its roots in Agile and Lean thinking it’s not surprising that DevOps is often looked at through a development lens. After all, it’s proving absolutely essential to support accelerated delivery times; ...