ExeterStudios.com: You’re living in a buzzword world
Buzzwords: A game of bingo for HR and Managers Our modern technology driven world just might have been taken over by aliens, and forced to operate through buzzwords and marketing terms. Buzzwords are everywhere now days. So much so that LinkedIn actually started creating a set of comics in an…
Implementing DevOps with Ansible 2
Implementing DevOps with Ansible 2 This ebook is included in a Mapt subscription Jonathan McAllister July 2017 Leverage the power of Ansible 2 and related tools and scale DevOps processes This title is available to pre-order now and is expected to be published in July 2017. $10.00 $44.99 RRP $35.99…
Traits of Bad Leaders
In previous posts I took a look at what makes good leaders. Let’s in turn on this post do the reverse. I’d consider the following graphic fairly accurate.
What does it take to be a great leader?
Moving into a leadership position can be the pinnacle of an individuals career. It’s an honor to be recognized for ones hard work and diligence on the job. But what actually makes an individual a good leader? What makes them great? Are there some characteristics, personality traits, or common attributes…
Why DevOps orgs embrace failure
DevOps transformations require embracing failure Innovative achievements on our planet seem to manifest themselves after copious amounts of failure. Most of us are at least somewhat familiar with history’s comically hilarious attempts to create a flying machine. During the early days of flight, flying machines were invented in droves. Most of these…
Agile 101: Effective Sprint planning meetings
Introducing the Sprint Planning Meeting In Agile development organizations most often apply a minimum of three core meeting ceremonies (The Sprint Planning Meeting, Daily Stand-ups, and Retrospectives). These ceremonies respectively identify the beginning, middle, and end of a given iteration. In this article we’ll explore the sprint planning meeting, it’s purpose and some…
Agile 101: Practical tips for effective stand-up meetings
Over the last 15 years, Agile’s widespread adoption has spurred an increase in collaborative engineering and delivery at organizations both large and small. Some of the reasons for the increase in Agile’s popularity relate to the practical implementations of Agile methodologies that arose since the Agile Manifesto’s publication[1]. Some of the…
Docker Up and Running (Part 1)
Docker has taken the DevOps and development world by storm. It represents a lightweight virtualization option coupled with GIT style source control options. When leveraged with micro-services it’s value to the industry is immeasurable. This tutorial represents a beginners guide to docker, how it works and some ways it can…
Continuous Integration: FREE PPTX slides you can use to educate others on CI
Recently I spent time putting together a set of slides (PPX), which I am releasing in an effort to provide the DevOps community a selling tool for use at work in convincing their organizations to adopt good CI engineering practices. The slides provided here are designed to be open source…
Agile & Velocity: Adapt or Die
One does’t do Agile. One becomes Agile Agile: (adj) Quick and well-coordinated in movement; Some of the world’s most revered champion MMA fighters and professional boxers have defeated larger and often faster opponents by learning to be agile on their feet. Agility in this sense equates to a potent mix of…
