I often get questions whether an organisation should choose ITIL or DevOps. Or people tell me that ‘before DevOps everything was clear’. And I can imagine the confusion. And often people are right. But it is not so much about choosing a one-size-fits-all solution and expecting things to sort themselves out. It is a matter Read more about ITSM or DevOps? You don’t have to choose![…]
You might have heard about the importance of innovation during company speeches, in blogs or at conferences. “We need to be innovative to remain relevant” is something that is often agreed upon. The examples of the most innovative companies, which often have no similarities whatsoever with your company, are endless. In this article I will Read more about Be aware of the ‘innovation is key’ trap[…]
In regards to the quality of both software products as devops processes there are four main metrics that can be considered to be leading: Mean Lead Time for changes (MLT) – lower is better, Mean Time To Recover (MTTR) – lower is better, Deployment Frequency (DF) – higher is better, Change Failure Rate (CFR) – Read more about Practical guide for improving software delivery in DevOps – part 1[…]
In recent years the belief that the only good developer is a full stack developer is adopted by a lot of companies. Most vacancies demand full stack developers but in general the term is not really understood very well. The stack With stack we mean the toolset that is being used in order to create Read more about Full-stack developers and unicorns[…]
I have to be honest here. I was quite surprised when the term cloud became relevant again a couple years ago. This is because in my memory there already was a time in which the cloud was presented as ‘the next big world changing’ concept. Instead of storing files and running your programs on your Read more about Is the grass really greener in the cloud?[…]
I often see that companies who create their products in an agile way are looking for ways to see how things really are going. From the start of agile software development there was a healthy suspicion in regards to metric, reports and dashboards. But to be honest we have, despite never ending discussions about velocity Read more about How DevOps metrics are especially helpful for non-it people[…]
Part 1 of this series was about how to get an idea worked out into artefacts. In part 2 I illustrated this flow a bit more with examples and created the artefacts. This part will be about translating these artefacts into user stories and acceptance criteria. The result of our activities in part 1 and Read more about A practical guide for getting ideas to production – Part 3[…]
IT is often a black box for ‘outsiders’ with its own jargon, many abbreviations and often even its own culture. Things often sound very complex and new buzzwords pop up regularly with a new promise of speed, cost savings and future stability. Unfortunately, you don’t always see these things reflected in the business. Still, you Read more about Who do you thinks pays off the technical debt?[…]
Part 1 of this series was about how to get an idea worked out into artefacts. In this post I will illustrate this flow a bit more with examples. In that post I stated that ‘Writing user stories is literally the least of your concerns’ because if you have a structured flow in which you Read more about A practical guide for getting ideas to production – Part 2[…]
Dit is het vijfde artikel in de ‘Dear non-IT people’ reeks waarin ik IT begrippen probeer te versimpelen voor niet ICT ers: Waarom hebben ze het nu al weken over Trunk based development? Over pipelines en continuous van alles en nog wat. Unit testen, code coverage en komkommers. Wat is low-code en is dat echt Read more about Van microservices naar intercity’s en sprinters[…]