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Any discussion of how to scale the benefits of DevOps invariably lands on tools. The planning, tracking, automation, and management tools we use define the “ground truth” of where and how work happens. One of the most interesting, and at times challenging, aspects of agile and DevOps transformations is the sheer volume of tools involved....
Gene Kim, one of the authors of The DevOps Handbook, once told me that organizations that require a developer to take 10 people out to lunch to get an API change done appear to have lower IT performance. We hypothesized that an overly high “lunch factor” would impede DevOps transformations, and added some questions on...
Like previous industrial revolutions, the one which is just beginning, the age of digitalization, robots and autonomous machines, will have a huge effect on the employees who will find themselves replaced in the production process. During past industrial revolutions there was a period of adjustment, sometimes lasting a generation or longer, during which those people...
Gathering together your team to brainstorm on issues facing your project can be very beneficial. Firstly, there’s the sheer number of fresh ideas that can come from getting all that brainpower together and secondly, the variety of different views means that it’s possible to consider a number of different approaches to the same task. It’s...
Planview ProjectPlace has turned 20! That’s two decades of innovation all in the name of efficient and effective project collaboration. First, we would like to thank our thousands of global customers for joining us on this journey as their feedback and contributions play a critical role in advancing ProjectPlace innovation every day. Second, we would...
I recently visited the BMW Group’s Leipzig plant. My goal was to brainstorm with BMW Group IT leaders on how we could seamlessly integrate production lines with the software lifecycle. I was also interested in learning more about how BMW approaches car production as I was in the midst of defining the Flow Framework™ for...
Advancements in workplace technology make it easier for teams to collaborate and complete tasks from opposite sides of the globe. But despite helpful communication and project management platforms, inefficiency is as problematic as ever – so much so that European organizations are losing an estimated 20 working days a year due to inefficient working practices....
It seems like only yesterday that the Tasktop team was wrapping up DevOps Enterprise Summit London in June. Yet in less than two weeks, we’re back and ready to rock ‘n’ roll in Las Vegas once again to help attendees to accelerate the business value of their software delivery. At DevOps Enterprise Summit Las Vegas...
The gig economy certainly looks as though it’s here to stay, with the likes of Uber, Deliveroo and all manner of profession-specific couriers springing up across the world and especially its urban centers. The UK is no exception and has been the founding location of many gig economy employers, thanks to its growing position as...
In Planview IdeaPlace’s recent 2018 Fall Product release announcement, we shared that we developed a new machine learning technology that’s first of its kind in innovation management software. The technology, which will continue to be developed and applied in new ways, brings on a whole new level of efficiency for innovation program managers and users...
