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DevOps for the Modern Enterprise Book Review and Q&A with Mirco Hering

InfoQ reviewed Mirco Hering's "DevOps for the Modern Enterprise" book and reached out to the author for more insights on his experience, learnings and obstacles with transformations at large scale.

Manuel Pais Mirco Hering
on Sep 23, 2018
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Testing in the Digital Age

The Book Testing in the Digital Age by Tom van de Ven, Rik Marselis, and Humayun Shaukat, explains the impact that developments like robotics, artificial intelligence, internet of things, and big data are having in testing. It explores the challenges and possibilities that the digital age brings us when it comes to testing software systems.

Ben Linders Tom van de Ven
on Jul 19, 2018
Culture & Methods

People Re-Engineering How To’s: Leadership Enablement

There is no doubt that leadership is the management model that is now influencing the software industry, under the enormous challenges imposed by the Digital Transformation Age. People re-engineering elevates the value of leadership by taking “Leadership Enablement” as one of its basic threads, which brings vitality and vigor to a software organization.

Medhat Sabry
on Jul 02, 2018
Development

Digital Transformation in Oil and Gas

The traditional Oil and Gas Industry is being transformed by a new wave of digital disruptive technologies. To remain profitable, oil and gas companies must consider how to gain operational efficiencies through improved use of technology, such as cloud platforms, and process, such as the adoption of agile methodologies. This article explores challenges within implementing these technologies

Rekha Kodali Md Tahir
on Apr 28, 2018
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book "A Seat at the Table"

In the book A Seat at the Table Mark Schwartz explains how the traditional role of the CIO conflicts with an agile approach for software development. He explores what IT leadership looks like in an agile environment, advising CIOs to set a vision for IT and take accountability for business outcomes.

Ben Linders
on Nov 29, 2017
Culture & Methods

The Seven Steps to Building a Successful Software Development Company

Building a successful software development company is hard. There are lots of challenges and barriers that need to be overcome. This article provides seven things that can help start on the right footing and keep on track for success. Build the right team, have a clear focus, leverage partnerships, nurture and protect your culture, identify and leverage new technologies and look to the finances

Todor Gigilev
on Aug 28, 2017
Culture & Methods

Six Pointers for Creating Strong Operational Business Values

A system that is flexible and open to inputs works for organizations of all sizes. This article is a rulebook for leaders on how to create a values-driven culture that not only lifts a new business off the ground, but also keeps it going in the long run, by encouraging creativity, an ownership mentality, honesty in feedback, and open communication across the board.

Dipti Parmar
on Aug 24, 2017
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Sense and Respond

The book Sense and Respond provides ideas for executives, managers and business line leaders to leverage the power of technology to build more successful businesses. Authors Jeff Gothelf and Joshua Seiden explain how you can use experimentation and learning and continuous market feedback to deliver valuable products to customers, and manage teams on outcomes and foster effective collaboration.

Ben Linders
on Jun 17, 2017
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book Agile Enterprise

In the book Agile Enterprise, Mario Moreira explores the end-to-end and top-to-bottom view needed to run an effective agile enterprise, focusing on the needs of customers and employees. He explains how cutting-edge and innovative concepts and practices can be incorporated into a robust agile and customer value-driven framework.

Ben Linders
on Jun 10, 2017
Culture & Methods

Q&A on the Book It's All Upside Down

In the book It's all Upside Down, Paul McMahon provides stories from software development teams supported by upside down principles and coaching tips for applying them. He explains how you can use Essence to improve processes leading to better organizational performance.

Ben Linders
on Jun 06, 2017
Culture & Methods

Q&A with Ash Maurya on Scaling Lean

In the book Scaling Lean, Ash Maurya explores how entrepreneurs can collaborate with stakeholders to establish a business model for a new product or service using Lean Startup principles. It builds on top of his first book, Running Lean, showing how to use experiments, measure business progress, and scale your startup.

Ben Linders
on Apr 26, 2017
Culture & Methods

Automation and Lean: Scaling up the Lean Value Chain

While lean principles enable us to be effective and innovative everywhere we work, finding automation opportunities across every technology and customer focused processes can unlock bigger potential for repeatedly delivering value to customers. This article shows how Ericsson applied lean principles in IT service delivery for automating manual repetitive tasks to improve quality and efficiency.

Sudip Pal
on Apr 15, 2017