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The Culture Change of DevOps (Video Blog)

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This week’s Auspicious Agile Video Blog takes a look at the culture change of DevOps. DevOps requires more than just adopting tools, it also requires changes in culture and the way we work. Here we look at several culture aspects in DevOps to consider.

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile manifesto, agile methodology, Agile Teams, Ansible, Budget, DevOps, Docker, Finance, Flow, Innovation, Jenkins, Leadership, lean, Servant Leadership, Software Development, Toolchain

SAFE Agile Contracts

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This week’s Auspicious Agile video blog takes a look at the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) approach to Agile contracts.  This blog is a continuation of the series on Agile contracts. The first blog post in this series can be found

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile business, agile enterprise, Agile Framework, Agile Manager, Agile Project Manager, Agile Scaling, Budget, contracts, Finance, SAFe, Scrum, Software Development

Discuss Agile – Agile & DevOps Scaling Tour Webinar

The Agile Scaling and DevOps Tour compares some of the most popular Agile scaling methods today including SAFe, LESS, DAD, Spotify, Nexus and Scrum-of-Scrums. The DevOps portion of the tour covers how Agile and DevOps are related, and aspects of

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, agile enterprise, Agile Scaling, DevOps, Disciplined Agile Delivery, Large Scale Scrum (LESS), NEXUS, SAFe, Scrum of Scrums, Shu-Ha-Ri, Toolchain

Design Thinking

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This week we take a deeper look into the process behind design thinking.  The process varies depending on the company or organization, but the there are several steps that are common to most Design Thinking processes. If You enjoy Auspicious

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Posted in Agile, agile business, agile methodology, Design, Design Thinking, Discover, Ethnography, Gnowbe, Ideate, Innovation, Prototyping, Synthesis, Uncategorized

The DevOps Tool Chain

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The DevOps toolchain helps to automate the development and deployment of software.  It works hand-in-hand with the culture change of DevOps and the increased speed of delivery from Agile.  This week the Auspicious Agile Video blog takes a look at

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Posted in Agile, Agile Adoption, Ansible, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Docker, InfoQ, Jenkins, JIRA, kanban, Salt, Software Development, Toolchain

SAFe Agile Portfolio – CapEx and OpEx

This week’s Auspicious Agile video blog looks at the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe4) Portfolio Level – CapEx & OpEx.  A practitioner’s perspective on the recent SAFe and Dean Leffingwell article on the topic.  CapEx & OpEx are accounting and financial

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Posted in Accounting, Agile, Agile Adoption, agile business, agile enterprise, Agile Framework, Agile Scaling, Budget, Business Agility, Finance, Legal, Portfolio, SAFe, Tax

A Tale of Two (Lean) Start-ups

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This week’s Auspicious Agile Video Blog takes a look at two real start-up companies.  We will look at how the principles of Lean Start-up (think Agile for Businesses) applies to each of the companies.  We will see where each company

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Posted in Agile, agile business, agile methodology, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, lean, lean startup, Learning, Scrum, Uncategorized

The Culture Change of DevOps and Your Career

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DevOps has been viewed primarily as adopting tools. Actually the major shift in DevOps is a cultural shift that is supported by processes and tools. Many voices in the technology community are now focused on the cultural change of DevOps.

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Posted in Agile, Career, DevOps, Opinion

The Universe of “Agile” Methods

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There are a broad array of “Agile” methods.  From Transformation Design, and Design Thinking, to Agile Scaling, Lean & Kanban, Scrum & DevOps.  This week we take a look at the spectrum of Agile methods from the business oriented to

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Posted in Agile, Agile Framework, agile manifesto, agile methodology, Agile Scaling, Business Agility, Design Thinking, DevOps, Disciplined Agile Delivery, kanban, Large Scale Scrum (LESS), lean, lean startup, SAFe, Scrum, Transformation Design, Uncategorized, vuca, XP

Scaled Agile Framework 4.0 – A Practitioner’s Perspective

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This week we take a look at the new version of SAFe 4.0. I will give a practitioner’s perspective on the changes and updates, covering interesting and noteworthy areas. SAFe 4.0 represents a significant update and is beneficial to learn

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Posted in Agile, agile enterprise, Agile Framework, agile methodology, Agile Scaling, Agile Teams, Community of Practice, DevOps, kanban, lean, Opinion, SAFe, Scrum, T-Shirt Sizing
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