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Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:15:34 +0000

Since the start of the industrial revolution, the ways of working that are commonplace are entrenched in our education system and workplace. The optimisation of specialist silos, as part of a total system…

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Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:06:35 +0000

Rajamasala >> The Agile Curry

The IT Revolution meets Asian food.
Using the process of making a home-made curry, I try and explain Agile, DevOps, AI, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality.
If you try this, feedback would be welcome!

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Sat, 22 Sep 2018 16:45:02 +0100

#Insanity Ep6: Friday Night Fight (DevOps Scaling)

“Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them; a desire, a dream, a vision” Muhammad Ali

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Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:09:12 +0100

Good article Sandeep and we need more communications to explain what Digital Transformation is. There is so much mis-interpretation.

I tried to also share my understanding and I used the Iron Man analogy.

Would be good to get your views on… Read more

In reply to - Sandeep Raut posted a new post. I have seen many businesses saying they have embarked on digital transformation while in reality, they have just digitized some of their processes. There is confusion over the […]

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Mon, 17 Sep 2018 07:00:31 +0100

#Insanity Ep5: Max Out Strength (DevOps Culture)

Dig Deep – Culture plays a huge part in organisational performance as identified in the Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2018.

This year, there is added focus on Westrum’s Organisational Culture, Climate…

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Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:45:54 +0100

#Insanity Ep4: Max Out Sweat (DevOps Technical Capabilities)

Accelerate State of DevOps have shown a strong correlation with technical practices and organisational performance for the fifth year running.

This year, they have found new technical capabilities…

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Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:30:52 +0100

#Insanity Ep3: Max Out Power (DevOps Processes and Measurement)

Accelerate State of DevOps 2018 states that Lean Product Management predicates Software Delivery and Operations Performance which predicated Organisational Performance when combined with the right Organisational Culture.

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Mon, 10 Sep 2018 06:30:37 +0100

#Insanity Ep2: Max Out Cardio (DevOps Performance Benchmarking)

Start by benchmarking the performance of your organisation with the rest of industry… Identify your constraints and then systematically remove the constraint.
Follow up with another Benchmark and repeat,

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Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:30:54 +0100

#Insanity Ep1: Insanity Max 30 (DevOps: Stability AND Throughput)

This may sound insane, but I have tried to relate higher performance IT, using the the book Accelerate (Forsgren) and the 2018 Accelerate State of DevOps Report with the Insanity Max Fitness Programme

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Fri, 07 Sep 2018 06:30:50 +0100

A Story of DevOps >> Episode 12. Resurrection

I started at BAE Systems on Monday 13th July 1998. Fresh-faced, ambitious and ready to take on the world. On Friday 13th July 2008, exactly 20 years later, I left BAE Systems to join DevOpsGroup as a…

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Thu, 06 Sep 2018 13:25:30 +0100

A Story of DevOps >> Episode 10. The Suit (Digital Transformation)

Digital Transformation are two words being used by so many people – But do we really understand what this is?
Using the “Iron Man” analogy, I have had a go at explaining…

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Thu, 06 Sep 2018 13:15:32 +0100

A Story of DevOps >>Episode 11. The Flux Capacitor (Performance Beyond Measure)

High Performance Business is predicated by High Performance Leadership, High Performance Culture and High Performance Engineering.
This article looks at the importance of High Performance Engineering.

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Thu, 06 Sep 2018 08:36:51 +0100

More people need to to hear this Chris. I have been in meetings where RPA is the answer but people are not listening to the truth of the matter.

I particularly like “The bottom line is that cost savings from RPA are quietly leveraging further technical debt that incurs much greater costs in future. They often assume a removal of a large… Read more

In reply to - Chris Weston posted a new post. From out of nowhere, the term “Robotic Process Automation” is suddenly one of the must-have technologies for businesses that operate at scale. Despite being one of a set of […]

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Thu, 06 Sep 2018 07:09:40 +0100

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Thu, 06 Sep 2018 07:07:35 +0100

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Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:30:27 +0100

A Story of DevOps >>Episode 9. Kryptonite (DevOps Anti-Patterns)

Do you know that as Superman’s powers are destroyed by Kryptonite, DevOps powers are destroyed by Anti-Patterns – read on.

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Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:30:49 +0100

A Story of DevOps >> Episode 8. Balrog (Confront the Brutal Facts)

“The moment a leader allows himself to become the primary reality people worry about, rather than reality being the primary reality, you have a recipe for mediocrity, or worse. This is one of the key reasons…

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Fri, 22 Jun 2018 16:30:16 +0100

A Story of DevOps >> Episode 7. Jedi (Practices and Mastery)

In previous articles, we have talked about the Force which consists of great leaders, vision, product teams, tools and environment, let’s now discuss the principles behind the practices.

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Mon, 11 Jun 2018 15:30:08 +0100

A Story of DevOps >> Episode 6. Kryptonian (Value, Flow and Quality in a Complex World)

The dimensions that optimise Knowledge Work differ to those that optimise Manual Work:

Complex Work over Complicated Work.
Value, Flow, Quality over Cost, Time and Scope.
Culture over Processes.

Using…

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Thu, 07 Jun 2018 11:00:04 +0100

A Story of DevOps >> Episode 5. Shield (Tools of the Trade)

All great artists have their tools – Thor has a hammer; Captain America, a shield; Lara Croft, a bow; David Hasselhoff, Kit; Iron Man, a multi-functional suit; Michelangelo, a chisel; Yehudi Menuhin, a…

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Tue, 05 Jun 2018 07:30:21 +0100

A Story of DevOps >> Episode 4. Assemble (Productivity and Teams)

This is the next in the series of articles on DevOps. Today, the topic is about teams and productivity. Now, like most of you, I am conditioned to find out what needs doing before finding the people who need to…

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Mon, 04 Jun 2018 07:01:23 +0100

A Story of DevOps >> Episode 3. Freedom... (Leadership)

We all know of great leaders who have inspired significant change. Martin Luther King, Ghandi, Winston Churchill, Moses, Alex Ferguson, William Wallace, Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Elon Musk, Richard Branson are…

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Sun, 03 Jun 2018 16:38:06 +0100

Superb article and like you say, organisations need to think seriously with commitment on where and how they undertake this change.

In reply to - Rob Bamforth posted a new post. Despite the potential of ‘digital transformation’ and IT in general, many organisations find the reality a little disappointing. Development takes longer than expected, quality […]

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Wed, 23 May 2018 12:00:28 +0100

One Ring of DevOps philosphies

Following on from Origins, One Ring is the next in the series of articles to describe DevOps philosophies using well known stories and focussing on the importance of shared goals and organisational alignment.

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Mon, 14 May 2018 16:57:05 +0100

Thank you so much for you warm feedback. I am very encouraged by the responses that I have had and I hope that this inspires and provides hope to others who are also going through a similar journey. Also, I hope to continue to learn from others who may be able to help with the next steps in the journey.

In reply to - Raj Fowler posted a new post. After 2 years of implementing the philosophies and practices of Agile and DevOps, I felt it was time to share my learning and experiences with the world. Firstly, it’s important to […]

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Thu, 10 May 2018 07:00:03 +0100

Origins - A Story of of DevOps

Origins: An article describing the change journey from management techniques used to manage manual workers to those needed to manage knowledge workers.

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Wed, 09 May 2018 20:34:16 +0100

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Wed, 09 May 2018 07:30:02 +0100

A Story of DevOps

After 2 years of implementing the philosophies and practices of Agile and DevOps, I felt it was time to share my learning and experiences with…

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Fri, 04 May 2018 14:37:49 +0100