Quite a few organizations ‘preach’ agile. To be fair, results that have been achieved with agile – also at ING – speak for themselves. However, dogmatically sticking to agile rituals can backfire if it results in less flexibility. This is why we should occasionally ask ourselves the following question: why do we actually work agile? …
Why we ‘shift-left’ with SecDevOps How safe is my bank? With cybercrime on the rise, financial consumers are – rightfully – concerned about the security systems of the organizations they put their trust in. The way we build our core banking systems should reflect these concerns. In fact: we should always strive to be named …
An interesting read on practical tools that help DevOps teams balance operational issues and the pursuit of perfection Via InfoWorld: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3626374/how-slos-and-error-budgets-improve-app-reliability.html
The following write-up describes the impact of team structures and communication when it comes to DevOps transformation. I strongly agree with their statement that ‘Too often Agile and Continuous Delivery optimize the flow of work, not necessarily the flow of customer value. By themselves they lack a way to connect what you’re doing with why …
A nice start to your library whenever moving towards a management role in software: https://caitiem.com/2020/12/28/recommended-engineering-management-books/
An interesting article on the DevOps Trends for 2021: https://phoenixnap.com/blog/devops-trends
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The modern era of end-to-end DevOps calls for the careful integration of key performance indicators (KPIs). The right metrics can ensure that applications reach their peak potential. A nice overview of useful DevOps Metrics: https://phoenixnap.com/blog/devops-metrics-kpis
Via Forrester: https://go.forrester.com/blogs/the-new-operating-model-is-upon-us/
A very interesting article on Uber’s new Real-Time Push Platform in which they move away from polling for updates to gRPC-based bi-directional streaming. https://eng.uber.com/real-time-push-platform/