This posting, the first in a series, overviews a disciplined approach to DevOps. It begins by defining DevOps, no small task given the continued debate within the DevOps community, and then described a disciplined approach to DevOps. Defining DevOps For our purposes we…
We are often asked what makes a Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) coach effective. The features to look for in a DAD coach include: People skills. First and foremost, effective DAD coaches need solid people skills. They need to be prepared to work…
DAD incorporates a number of milestones into its lifecycles to gauge the progress and health of your DAD projects/releases. Why does DAD have milestones? Governance is largely absent from mainstream agile methods and many believe that agile does not need…
When it comes to organizing large or geographically distributed agile teams many people will tell you that there are two strategies, taking what is called a component team approach or taking a feature team approach. Many people will tell you…