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Project to Product: Value Stream Architecture

The launch of my upcoming book, Project to Product (pre-order here), will be on October 20th, and I’ll be previewing it at one of my favourite events of the year, DevOps Enterprise Summit, Las Vegas (October 22-24). In the lead up to the launch, I will post a series of blogs related to the genesis...

Gain powerful insights into your SAFe transformation with Value Stream Management

If traditional enterprises want to tap into the immense business possibilities created by the Age of Software, they need to accelerate the value delivery of their digital products and services – and fast. This isn’t ground-breaking news – most organizations are acutely aware that they need to scale their software delivery capacity and capabilities to...

How CIOs can make software delivery their strongest asset

A lot rests on the shoulders of CIOs and other IT leaders at traditional businesses. They face an almost daily battle against digital disruption. With startups and other digital-native companies gobbling up market share through software-driven products and services, one inalienable truth has become clear: software is responsible for a greater and greater share of...

How to foster software developer productivity

Last month, we were very fortunate to have André Meyer come into Tasktop to give a presentation on fostering software developer productivity. For many years André has been working with a research team with one of our company co-founders, Gail Murphy, to address the ongoing supply and demand shortage in software delivery. As “software continues to...

How Value Stream Management can help CIOs transform their business

Please note: the author of this blog and star of the video, Adam, is a fictional character based on the real experiences of CIOs and IT organizations that Tasktop has spoken to and/or worked with. If you’re an under-pressure CIO who is struggling to transform their IT organization despite your best efforts, you’ve come to...

Announcing ‘Project to Product’ book and the Flow Framework™

I’m delighted to announce that my book Project to Product will be released at the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2018 (Las Vegas), on Oct 22, 2018. As startups disrupt every market and tech giants pull further ahead of entrenched businesses, the majority of enterprise IT organizations are facing an existential crisis. Either they quickly become much...

Beyond CI/CD: why you need both Release Automation and Value Stream Integration

This week at DOES London 2018, we spoke about looking “Beyond CI/CD” to take greater control of your DevOps transformation to accelerate your enterprise software delivery. By implementing both Release Automation and Value Stream Integration, organizations, agencies and institutions obtain a potent force that enables them to connect, visualize, measure and optimize how they plan,...

Get Together, Go Faster: DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 Recap

The theme for DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 was Get Together, Go Faster – and while that was definitely not my experience going through customs at Heathrow Airport, it rang true through many of the plenary and breakout sessions. This year, Tasktop was a platinum sponsor, a book signing sponsor and had four speaking presentations...

Tasktop at DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018: Time To Think End-To-End

“DevOps Enterprise Summit is the epicentre of learning for leaders and technologists wanting to see their digital transformations through to success. No other event I know goes as far in combining technology foundations with business results.” – Dr. Mik Kersten, CEO and co-founder, Tasktop At DevOps Enterprise Summit London 2018 (June 25-26, Intercontinental – The...