DevOps Teams

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Fight Cultural Debt by Connecting Your Value Stream

“In a world where tools are a proxy for process, the disconnected worlds created by domain specific tools result in broken workflows, reduced visibility and obstructed collaboration.” The business world is often blissfully ignorant of how technology decisions can introduce ‘cultural debt’.  And when an organization takes on cultural debt unknowingly, the interest payments accumulate...

How Software Development Metrics Can Improve Your Delivery Processes

Tasktalks is an engineering-focused podcast telling the stories of Tasktop’s engineering teams from internal practices to the day-to-day challenges they face. Imagine a world where there is only one way to develop software at scale. Imagine if everybody used the same tools, had the same team structure and processes, everything was done “by the book”....

Do you have “Dark Debt” in your IT organization’s culture?

Whether it’s buying a dodgy microwave meal from a gas station, kicking a sock under the bed during last minute clean before guests arrive, or cutting across the lawn to get to the front door faster, we all take shortcuts. But unlike enterprise-software delivery, these decisions rarely cause any collateral damage. The ramifications of taking...

New Tasktop Integration Hub release includes new codeBeamer connector and provides deeper ‘integration sophistication’

The new release (17.4) for Tasktop Integration Hub – out today – includes a new connector with Intland’s codeBeamer ALM, and provides our customers with enhanced control of increasingly complex integration scenarios. codeBeamer ALM Tasktop now integrates codeBeamer ALM with all other leading best-of-breed tools for planning, building and delivering software, including leading DevOps systems....

Tasktop Connect 2017 captures the imagination of the software development community

“I thought Tasktop Connect had a great mix of honest User Stories and helpful Tasktop information. The event had the feel of a well-seasoned conference, I was stunned to find out it was the first one!” – Tom Horn, Collaboration Lead for Development Solutions, US Bank The inaugural Tasktop Connect kicked off with a bang last...

The linchpin of large-scale software development? Communication

“I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction.” – Anon Twelve months ago, I walked into Tasktop as a software rookie. I knew what software was, of course, and I knew of its importance in a digital world. But that was pretty much the extent of my knowledge. Much like the internet, free healthcare and air...

No Tool Is An Island: How We Dogfood Tasktop to Build DevOps into our Business

As an organization becomes more complex, we find an increasing degree of specialization in functions and roles. These bring the depth of knowledge and expertise required for managing complicated business functions. Along with these specializations comes a need for the domain specific tools that are best suited to the work being performed. To enable our...

How can DevOps Integration transform your role as a Project Manager?

Before joining Tasktop, I spent several years as a Project Manager working with non-profit clients. During this time, one of the biggest obstacles I faced was overcoming the communication barriers between separate teams at our organization. So when approached to co-host a webinar with cPrime on the top challenges facing Project Managers, I jumped at...

Get Integrated for Free with HPE ALM Octane I/O

If you’re an HPE ALM/QC or HPE Octane user you’ll know that to get true traceability and reporting you need to integrate it with other tools used by software development teams, and there are a variety of ways you can do that. There’s now a new offering available to you – HPE ALM Octane I/O...