DevOps Demands a (Re)new(ed) Kind of Leadership
In this, part one of a three-part blog, I share my 25 years of IT expertise (and some current research) that indicates new leadership skills — including training on the new IT way of working — necessary to meet the new demands of managing DevOps… Read more
Getting Things Done – The Power of Sticky Tape and Post-it Notes
Hold your horses! We can’t do everything. You have to choose! The quote is from a one-day DevOps simulation session I recently ran at a Swedish company in the music streaming business. The person expressing the frustration was responsible for managing the team’s workload. Within… Read more
‘Translating Competence’ Into ‘Value’
What did 35 Senior IT leaders from an International Technology group discover after participating in Phoenix Project business simulation? ‘This was eye-opening!’ Said one manager. ‘We need to take away this concept of BizDevOps’ said another after experiencing the importance of DASA ‘Business Value Optimization.’… Read more
Following Up: “DevOps in Action” Webinar
The DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) recently hosted a webinar with Paul Wilkinson, co-Owner of GamingWorks, in which he discussed The Phoenix Project Business Simulation and how it maps to the DASA Competence Framework. We received so many thought-provoking questions during the webinar, that we… Read more
A Case Study: Increasing Training ROI with DASA
Developing employee competencies is an important activity faced by all IT Managers. They must make sure the team has the right knowledge, skills, behaviors and attitudes to do their jobs at the level expected, and also to create the right culture to innovate and keep the work attractive enough to retain employees. Read more