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Developing Automation with Lean Methodology
So, now we are on what I consider the most fun part of the IT Automation Curator’s job description ( see the first blog post ) – developing new automation. Let’s first review the job description as I...
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Training others in the dark arts of DevOps Automation
If you are the Automation hero, why would you EVER share that stage? You are basically reducing your value to the organization by sharing your secrets. Right? Wrong! You are actually doing yourself a...
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Kaizen and the Art of DevOps Automation Maintenance
And now we come to the most “boring” part. Right? Maintenance. The death of joy for the innovator. Or is it? I don’t think so. Continuous innovation is at the core of DevOps and Lean methodology....
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IT has been deposed – Long Live King User
Most of us (if you are reading this, you are a self-selected subset) are fascinated with trends in technology and IT, which is great. The problem is that, with all the activity and progress going, it...
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The Mythical Application Owner – And Why They Matter to DevOps
I have been on both the customer and the vendor side of Application Management over the last decade. So, I was surprised how much trouble my team and I had really defining the Application Owner as a...
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The primacy of the end-user, the primacy of us – A Google Hangout
Check out this interesting discussion with a few colleagues (Chris Dancy, Jason Frye, Bill Emmett, and Jennifer Brenner) and myself on Google Hangout
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Users want Conversations, not Monologues – How does that change DevOps and APM?
My blog last week about the new reign of the end-user has started some interesting discussions, both online and off. In particular, I had a Google Hangout with some of my colleagues, and we got on to...
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IT is War : DevOps & ITIL through the lens of military history
Climbing into the DevOps vs. ITIL debate is like stepping into a minefield, as least from my vantage point. Both have serious-minded proponents, and engender the kind of passion that lesser...
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DevOps needs a layered approach – Not only process or automation
With any new, emerging area the tendency is for advocates of each new approach to attempt to invalidate or minimize all earlier approaches. Sometimes this is appropriate, but rarely is progress so...
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3 Reasons why DevOps isn’t changing IT faster
The recent article from Luke Kanies (from Puppet Labs) on Wired.com really got me thinking. Similar to Luke, I have had an interesting vantage point to observe the changing nature of systems...
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Freedom of choice – Three Ways DevOps is Revolutionizing Enterprise Software
“I’m free to do what I want, any old time” - “I’m Free” – Rolling Stones Here comes the Revolution Anyone reading the tech news today these days can see that something profound is happening with...
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