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Measuring Goals
Wednesday, February 10, 2021 in 2021
6 minute read
In my last post, we talked about common metric anti-patterns that are focused on the process instead of value. In this installment, we will cover alternatives that can help us remove waste and improve the flow of value. Defining Terms Goal: …
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The Thin Red Line
Monday, February 08, 2021 in 2021
4 minute read
I was speaking at a DevOps meetup in Finland recently and was asked, “what does DevOps mean to you?” I love that they started the conversation that way. DevOps no longer means Development and Infrastructure teams cooperating and it has …
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Metric Mythconceptions
Monday, February 08, 2021 in 2021
7 minute read
As we try to improve the flow of value to the end-user, the first item that usually gains focus is the productivity of development teams and how to measure it. I’d like to propose that productivity is measured by customer value delivery, not …
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Storytime
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 in 2021
6 minute read
The following is fantasy. Any resemblance to persons living or dead is coincidental. However, too many people live this. ScrummerFall Jackie is a buyer who needs better tools for forecasting demand so she can make better-informed decisions. She has a …
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Chaos Engineering
Monday, January 25, 2021 in 2021
4 minute read
Delivering value to the end-users means we need systems that are useful, secure, and resistant to the shark-filled acid bath of the cloud environment. Engineering for chaos is crucial. There are many resources that discuss the architectural concerns …
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Continuous Delivery FAQ
Saturday, January 23, 2021 in 2021
6 minute read
There are many misconceptions about CD. There are also many things about CD that are not obvious on the surface. If you are “CD curious”, perhaps this will help. “CI/CD or CD?” It’s just “CD”. Just as DevOps …
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The Value of Code Coverage
Saturday, January 16, 2021 in 2021
23 minute read
Code coverage is the measure of the amount of code being executed by tests. It’s an easy number to measure and a minimum value is frequently set as a goal. What is the actual value of code coverage? True story, I was once in an organization …
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Measuring to Fail
Thursday, January 14, 2021 in 2021
4 minute read
Are you leading teams and want to make sure they are productive? There are many ways to do that. Many are doing it incorrectly. It seems like I’m always talking about metrics. When I was first exploring how to grow continuous delivery as a …
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Holiday Special
Friday, October 23, 2020 in 2020
3 minute read
Ah, holiday traditions. Christmas carols, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, fruit cake, egg nog, and change feeze. It’s that time of year again where companies everywhere stop allowing production changes. Let’s chat about this. Change freeze, …
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The Only Metric That Matters
Thursday, October 22, 2020 in 2020
4 minute read
I’ve been a software engineer for a while. When I had the opportunity several years ago to help uncover the core practices needed for continuous delivery, one of the things we needed to know was how to measure the outcomes. There are a bunch …