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Make Metrics Matter: Measure What’s Important
In a data-driven society, organizations rely heavily on sets of metrics to evaluate how they’re doing on a particular task, initiative or resource allocation. Metrics are particularly important to DevOps teams, whose very function is tied to concepts like collaboration and continuous improvement. But, while metrics can help drive efficiencies, they can also drive DevOps […]
Apr 30, 2021 · 3 minAll articles by Anders Wallgren
Showing 1–8DevOps World 2020: 5 Sessions to Put on Your Schedule
DevOps World has established a reputation for delivering compelling, high-quality sessions that challenge and inform its audiences year after year, conference after conference. DevOps World 2020 is continuing that pattern, offering what could be the best program yet. The conference, to be held virtually this year Sept. 22-24, is rolling out more than 100 keynotes, […]
Software Development Management Drives Business Value
How much business value does your software group generate for your organization? That’s the existential question an international corporation’s software leader poses, kicking off the 2017 book “The Business Value of Software.” It’s also a topic we’ve all likely wrestled with from time to time. It’s the essence of the value we personally bring to […]
How SDM’s Holistic Approach Connects Organizations and Streamlines Delivery Processes
Since Jez Humble and David Farley popularized the term in 2010, continuous delivery has revolutionized software delivery practices. Creating mature continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines has helped enterprises deliver software that performs better, based on a long list of metrics. Failure rates have dropped from 50% to under 15%, and cycle times are measured in […]
Software Delivery Management: New Mindset
Innovation and mindset can take a while to evolve. It was the case with social media, wireless communications and the Internet of Things. Software delivery is a good example of a concept that’s ready to stand on its own. As software becomes more integral to companies and to society at large, the way it’s designed, […]
Scripts in the Development Pipeline: Best Practices for Avoiding the ‘Scriptocalypse’
The use of scripts as a key tool in the average developer’s bag of tricks has altered the development pipeline in significant ways. It has even led some organizations to outsource their entire team to manage the glut of scripts that have been developed over the course of time. To help companies move beyond the […]
Continuous Discussions, Episode 90: Gene Kim and DOES18 Speakers
In a recent episode of the Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) podcast, we hosted Gene Kim and several speakers from the upcoming DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas (DOES18) conference. We’re proud Founding Partners of the event and always enjoy having IT thought leaders join us ahead of the show to talk about DevOps, the conference program and more. In […]
Continuous Discussions Video Podcast: DevSecOps, Best Practices and More
In a recent episode of the Continuous Discussions (#c9d9) podcast, a group of industry experts discussed why DevSecOps is officially more than just a buzzword, tips on how to get everyone in the organization to own security and some of their own challenges and experiences baking security into the software delivery pipeline. The panel included: […]