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How Infrastructure as Code is used to automate operations in software delivery, allowing a shift from ITSM to DevOps. In my previous article, we looked at several examples of technologies that have become software-defined, and determined that adoption demands a significant shift in how a business organizes its value stream. We examined at some of the key concepts underscoring software-defined...
When an important initiative has multiple deadlines and lots of moving parts, it’s important that everyone has a clear understanding of what needs to get done, and when. Whether you’re planning work for a new product release, a system upgrade, compliance requirement, or marketing event, you need everyone to be aware of important start and...
For most organizations, enterprise architecture is all about driving high-value decision making with real-time insights. But when your business unit silos and assets sit within a highly federated global organization, it can be an uphill challenge. This is especially true if you can barely pinpoint the number of applications in use within the business. In...
Let’s face it, today’s work is all about how fast you can juggle and deliver on initiatives and business objectives. Maybe you’ve got an amazing customer experience, but it is a struggle to get new products and services to market. Or you finally have all the right people in place to land that new client,...
Are you accidentally creating a culture that makes it difficult for your employees to thrive? If so, it may be stunting the success of your Lean-Agile-DevOps initiative. Leading with respect is the key to the success of any transformation, yet it’s often one of the more difficult practices to implement across the organization. Keep reading...
Visualize Themes and Eliminate App Switching Whether you’re managing day-to-day tasks or completing a product roadmap, working collaboratively has never been more critical or potentially cumbersome. That’s why ProjectPlace by Planview is excited to unveil a new team, roadmap, and project workspaces, for all the ways team members organize their work. Here’s a short summary of...
In an article on Innovation Excellence, Braden Kelley shares a letter written by one the most well-known innovators on the planet, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. In the letter, Bezos gives shareholders a glimpse into Amazon’s DNA as a company and where he puts the most value when it comes to operating the business. Here’s what...
Enterprises are shifting to a business agile approach that drives flexibility throughout the project lifecycle, and enables team to respond quickly to opportunities, changes and obstacles. However, to make an agile methodology and mindset work outside of a limited IT project framework, enterprises must re-invent a competence that may have worked fine in the past,...
In 2013, American Airlines merged with US Airways creating a “new” American,, the world’s largest airline. This new airline had 120,000 employees and was facing a big overlap in technology, programs, and processes. In a recent webcast, The Journey to the New American Airlines, Woody Green, manager of IT Finance at American Airlines, goes in-depth...
Ever since I started bumping into him at countless conferences, the learning from my meetings with Gene Kim just keeps accelerating. I have never met anyone who can match Gene in channeling where the industry is at, seeing the vision for a better way, and bringing together the technologists and leaders who will get us...
