Monday morning on the highway. Your speed: 0 mph. You're stuck in the usual rush hour traffic jam because the capacity of this road is exceeded. And it's now obvious you'll reach your destination much later than if the road were empty. But what happens if you exceed the capacity of your development team? What … Continue reading 3 Reasons To Avoid Overloading Your Teams
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Devops Anti-Patterns
While I'm collecting Devops Protocols which highlight healthy patterns in your organization, let's take a quick look at the opposite: Devops anti-patterns. Would you be able to spot the warning signs when your team starts to slip in the wrong direction? Committed is "Done" It's a good and trusted agile practice for a team to … Continue reading Devops Anti-Patterns
Stop missing out on collaboration opportunities by creating situation awareness
Yesterday, I was waiting for the train to arrive for my daily commute. After it pulled up to the station, a mother with a baby carriage tried to disembark. She struggled with the carriage while carrying a heavy bag, a second child pulling her arm. Naturally, I jumped in to help out and she was … Continue reading Stop missing out on collaboration opportunities by creating situation awareness
DevOps: Why Silos Suck And How To Break Them
Divide and conquer, Caesar's strategy to break huge problems down into smaller parts, is an outdated model for structuring teams and organizations. Breaking teams apart by area like development, QA, operations, product management, etc, creates silo like divisions of labor. Unfortunately, these divisions create so many "walls of confusion" between the silos that your speed … Continue reading DevOps: Why Silos Suck And How To Break Them
