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Removing Drama from Delivery
Friday, July 05, 2019 in 2019
3 minute read
Has this ever happened to you or have you ever seen a support request like this? “We’re trying to deploy a K8S cluster to our server, but it can’t reach our vLAN network. We’ve opened an incident with the NOC but we …
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Effective Testing
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 in 2019
10 minute read
Protecting the Business Developer-driven software testing is not new. Studies show that high-performing organizations depend on tests written by developers instead of handing off to external teams of “Test Automators”. Many vendors sell …
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GitFlow Best Practices
Saturday, April 06, 2019 in 2019
2 minute read
I was asked recently about the best practice for using GitFlow with continuous integration. For those who do not know, this is GitFlow: There is no CI good practice that includes GitFlow. For continuous integration to meet the definition, these are …
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Designing Product Teams
Thursday, February 07, 2019 in 2019
7 minute read
What does a product team really looks like? You’ll hear lots of DevOps-y buzz words: “T-shaped people”, “cross-functional”, or “Two Pizza Team”. So, what is a viable product team and what are some common team …
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You Don't Need Story Points
Thursday, January 31, 2019 in 2019
3 minute read
In my last 5 Minute DevOps, I attempted to define user stories in a testable way. Real developers should test, after all. Now that we have a story, how do we communicate when it can ship? We have a long history of attempting to communicate the …
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What's a User Story?
Friday, January 11, 2019 in 2019
3 minute read
What is Pragmatic DevOps? It’s just a catchy way of saying we deliver with Minimum Viable Process using lean techniques to drive waste out of the system. If it helps us deliver and support our product, it’s good. If not, we remove it. One …
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Building Team Maturity Using Continuous Delivery
Sunday, July 22, 2018 in 2018
10 minute read
Using Delivery Constraints to Drive Improvement Accelerating delivery is a key strategic initiative for any company wishing to remain relevant with today’s rate of change. When teams start the journey from “artisanal development” to …
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The Cost of Ignoring UX
Thursday, July 12, 2018 in 2018
3 minute read
In 2018, I’m a relatively recent convert to the need for team members who drive UX, the user’s experience. I often hear people confuse “User Experience” with “User Interface”. UX is much more than that. The UI …