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  • Joey van Kuilenburg

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    The Culture Conundrum (To Succeed With Agile and DevOps Transformation, You Need to Get the Culture Right)

    One of the key success factors in Agile and DevOps transformation is the culture of the teams and the organization. However, since culture is intangible it is difficult to get a sense of whether you are getting culture right or wrong. So, instead of getting caught up prematurely in the minutiae of how to get…

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    10 Lessons Learned by Cios in Creating a Sustainable Cultural Change in a DevOps Transformation

    Most organizations with a strong dependence on IT have started experimenting with DevOps today. The path from Waterfall to DevOps typically leads through adopting Agile and Scrum but is not linear or the same for every organization. IT Leaders play an important part in realizing the transformational journey for their organization. As part of this…

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    Thank You and Best Wishes for 2019!

    2018, was indeed a year highlighted by strong growth and adoption of DASA DevOps in the market. Last year DASA was present on the ground in more than 20+ countries. We launched the DASA DevOps Quickscan™ that’s been taken by hundreds of individuals worldwide, delivered exams in 49 countries. We now support eight local language…

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    DevOps Agile Skills Association (DASA) Provides Core Skills Key for DevOps Success!

    The eagerly awaited State of DevOps 2018 report is available. In this article, I want to share some of its findings, from people and their cultural perspectives and how these relate back to the DASA Team Competence Model Core Skill areas. I also have added critical findings from earlier State of DevOps reports for those…

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    Building DASA Competencies and DevOps Leadership Through Business Simulations

    I recently facilitated a Phoenix Project simulation on behalf of Microsoft for the IT leaders of one of its customer organizations; in this blog you can get an idea of how simulations help organizational leadership understand the importance of the DASA DevOps core skill areas. 3 Part Blog In March 2018 Microsoft in the Netherlands…

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  • Joey van Kuilenburg

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    TEST Section

    In this, part one of a two-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 Teams. And this isn’t just for CIOs. Middle management has…

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    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 the realm of the simulation, it was quite clear that…

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    How the DASA Idea Is Spreading the World

    A bit over a year after DASA DevOps Fundamentals was launched to the market, I thought it would be a good time to take a step back and build an understanding of how the DASA idea has spread across the world. Seth Godin is a respected author with some great ideas about the spreading of…

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    Board Meeting Drives Momentum

    Last month, on August 16th, the DASA Board came together to discuss the current state of the business and action plan. The DASA CEO, Deborah Burton, led the meeting, and as the chair of the editorial board, I was invited to join this session. As DASA advocates an open and transparent model, I am taking…

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    DevOps: A Culture, a Movement, a Practice

    If you’ve been working in or interacting with the IT world recently, you have probably noticed the use of the term DevOps is on the rise. This increase is fueling a growing curiosity around what DevOps actually is. In response to this, Clutch surveyed 247 organizations about their perceptions and experiences with DevOps to gain…