To embark on a DevOps transformation journey, you need the basics in place: Proper mindset and excellent source code management practices. Only then, you will be able to continue on with Continuous Integration.
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An article on the relationship between Lean manufacturing and the DevOps movement.
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A presentation given to Agile Tour Montreal 2015 about how you can attain better Agility by applying software development practices helping to correct typical issues with Agile methodologies.
Read More...I will be in Montreal tomorrow, at the Agile Tour Montreal 2015 event, giving a presentation on how to be even more agile, by applying good software engineering practices. I hope to see you there! And if you cannot make it, I will post my presentation material soon after.
Read More...The (Human) Architect
These days, who needs an architect? Really. With the Agile movement, the importance of an experienced software architect in a software development team has continuously declined. Or so it seems. Software Developers are big boys (and girls sometimes!) that do not need to be told what to do, how to do it, etc., right? Plus these architects tend to cost a lot… and they are difficult to find… so why bother? Why not reassign the tasks that a good architect normally performs to other members of the software development team and forget about it? Unless the architect has some key role to play that we are unaware of…