Avoid three silos
By Tomas Filip on October 28, 2020 in the DevOps
It can be quite tricky and it can happen very quickly that you create a third DevOps silo between Development & Operations.
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Backlog Structure | 20-30-50 rule
By Lubos Schramek on October 27, 2020 in the Agile notes
What is the right level of detail for product backlog? 20/30/50 rule by Bob Gales gives you guideline on how to structure product backlog.
Do NOT name a team “DevOps team”
By Tomas Filip on October 26, 2020 in the DevOps
Calling your team as “DevOps team” will lead people to associate the DevOps philosophy with a specific role. Do you want to start doing automation? Do you want to start making changes in general?
“DevOps” is NOT a job title
By Tomas Filip on October 06, 2020 in the DevOps
... and DevOps is NOT even a methodology. It’s a philosophy, it’s a state of mind. When you are looking for “DevOps”, what exactly you want want to find? What do you want to achieve? A lot of processes are manual and it is necessary to automate? Or do you need some cultural change in general?
Agile is not an excuse for a lack of Roadmap
By Lubos Schramek on October 01, 2020 in the Agile notes
Agile teams must absolutely know where they are going... and the goals they want to achieve must be clear.
Agile is not excuse for POOR quality
By Lubos Schramek on September 30, 2020 in the Agile notes
the Triple Constraint; success of your product is impacted by cost (budget), time (deadlines) and scope (features).
As product manager you can trade between these three constraints.
Agile ≠ Dogma
By Lubos Schramek on September 29, 2020 in the Agile notes
You are not agile if you dogmatically follow process (even specific agile framework) – instead of adapting your activities in order to achieve your goals
DevOps is NOT just about automation
By Tomas Filip on September 27, 2020 in the DevOps
Do you think you are DevOps when you have some automation? DevOps is NOT just about automation, scripts or pipelines... it's not something you can start overnight or by hiring one DevOps person.
Product backlog is not documentation
By Lubos Schramek on September 23, 2020 in the Agile notes
Keep product documentation somewhere else - use Google Docs, Notion, Miro, GIT, Sphinx or any other tool. Don’t use tasks as documentation.