DevOps Cafe Episode 65 - John interviews Damon

Standing on the shoulders of giants.

In this special episode, John interviews Damon about his #DOES15 presentation, "DevOps Kaizen: Practical Steps to Start & Sustain a Transformation".

  

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Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards

Notes:

• Below are the video and slides from Damon's presentation at DevOps Enterprise Summit 2015 (#DOES15)
• Damon works for DTO Solutions and SimplifyOps 
• John works for Docker

DevOps Kaizen: Practical Steps to Start & Sustain a Transformation from dev2ops

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DevOps Cafe Episode 64 - Nicole Forsgren

... it's full of science!

John and Damon chat with researcher, data scientist, and IT operational performance expert, Dr. Nicole Forsgren. Nicole answers John and Damon's questions about the 2015 State of DevOps Report, highlights the areas that are groundbreaking, and gives advice on how to leverage the report when you need to make the case for DevOps.

  

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Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards
Follow Nicole Forsgren on Twitter: @nicolefv

Notes:

• Be sure to read the 2015 State of DevOps Report
• Nicole's website links to her work
• Videos from 2015 DevOps Enteprise Summit (#DOES15) are up!
• Nicole is Director of Organizational Performance and Analytics at Chef
• Damon works for SimplifyOps and DTO Solutions
• John works for Docker

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DevOps Cafe Episode 63 - Josh Corman

The world just might need a philosopher superhero.

Josh Corman (Sonatype, Rugged DevOps, I am the Cavalry) joins John and Damon for a chat about why security means more than preventing theft and can't be separated from quality, why the software supply chain can literally be about life or death, wanting to be a superhero, burnout, and more.

  

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Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards
Follow Josh Corman on Twitter: @joshcorman

 Notes:

• Josh discussed Rugged Software and I am the Cavalry
• Josh's DevOpsDC talk on the need for (and value of) Software Supply Chain Rigor (at minute 34:30)
• Josh's talk on TEDx talk on safety in IOT
• Josh sometimes writes on his blog
• Josh is CTO at Sonatype
• Damon works for SimplifyOps and DTO Solutions
• John works for Docker

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DevOps Cafe Episode 62 - Mary and Tom Poppendieck

From Lean to Agile to DevOps... to the future

John and Damon talk to Mary and Tom Poppendieck about their groundbreaking work translating Lean product development principles to software development, "The Seven Deadly Sins", containers to reduce friction, their best-selling books, and what keeps them from actually retiring.

  

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Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards
Follow Mary Poppendieck on Twitter: @mpoppendieck

 Notes:

• Mary and Tom's website, blog, and event calendar
• Read the excellent books by Mary and Tom
• The QCon talk ("The Tyranny of the Plan") that first made Damon aware of the Poppendiecks
• Sam Newman's "Building Microservices" book was mentioned
• Damon works for SimplifyOps and DTO Solutions
• John works for Docker

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DevOps Cafe Episode 61 - Jody Mulkey

Leading the big transformation.

Jody Mulkey (CTO, Ticketmaster) joins John and Damon to talk about the ups and downs of transforming a global enterprise. Topics include: Applying lean product development, building the alignment with the right metrics, finding your way to inspiring the organization, new operating models, facing burnout, and trying to be the Chief Obstacle Remover.

 

  

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Follow John Willis on Twitter: @botchagalupe
Follow Damon Edwards on Twitter: @damonedwards
Follow Jody Mulkey on Twitter: @jodymulkey

 Notes:

• Don't miss John's 12-year old son's DevOps Days Ignite Talk! #DadOps
• The tools case study that highlights the "support at the edges" model we discussed
• Ticketmaster's engineering blog
• Jody Mulkey works for Ticketmaster
• Damon works for SimplifyOps and DTO Solutions
• John works for Docker

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