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DOES 2016: Predictability: No Magic Required

will i ever learn the secrets to predictability?

I had a great time at the DevOps Enterprise Summit last year so I decided to submit a few talks for the 2016 event. As this was the event in which I gave my inaugural conference presentation at in 2015, I was thrilled to be invited back!

In my talk for this year’s event I wanted to try something new. Many people struggle to get through, and understand, the excellent “Principles of Product Development Flow” by Don Reinertsen. I wanted to see if I could take a crack at putting a core concept or two in terms that were most accessible to a larger audience. As with any first iteration of something, there are many adjustments I’ll make going forward, but hopefully you and the attendees of the actual talk will find value in this presentation. Enjoy!

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DevOps Days SEA 16: Combat Chaos-Driven Delivery

I was privileged to be invited to give an ignite talk at DevOps Days Seattle 2016. This was the first DevOps days here in Seattle! The conference was great and I was happy with the outcome of my ignite talk about learning from your environment to tame your own personal chaos.

If you have 5 minutes, watch and listen to the video. If you have a few more minutes, leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Kick Chaos-Driven Delivery (CDD) To The Curb

Have you heard of TDD? Well, many teams struggle with CDD: Chaos-Driven Delivery. That is, teams struggle with how to handle the constant onslaught of overwhelming amounts of work and begin to lose hope. The good news is that if you understand operating systems, you already know a great deal about how to tame the chaos!

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Will you help build a learning generation?

sad kid

I don’t know about your experiences, but my kids are perfectionists — though they each manifest that trait in different ways. My youngest two often quit when they get frustrated that they aren’t perfect at something. My oldest gets really upset when he feels like he’s not doing something perfectly and/or anyone is thinking less than the best of him. Honestly, I’m not sure which of the two it is the real issue yet. It seems that life can be difficult at times when you’re striving for perfection in a world where perfect isn’t possible and people aren’t always going to think you hung the moon.

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