devops: solving the engineering productivity challenge (slides from pwc external webcast)

DevOps: Solving the engineering productivity challengePwC Technology ForecastJuly 25, 2013

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Speakers

Tom DeGarmo, US Technology Consulting Leader

Bo Parker, Center for Technology & Innovation

Alan Morrison, Center for Technology & Innovation

Guest: John Esser, Director of EngineeringProductivity and Agile Development,

Ancestry.com

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Tech Forecast 2013, Issue 2 Features

The evolution from lean and agile to antifragile (Business feature)

The tools and techniques behind continuous delivery and deployment (Tech feature)

A CIO’s DevOps-style approach to resolving the agility-stability paradox (CIO feature)

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Tech Forecast 2013, Issue 2 Top interviews

John EsserAncestry.com

Vijay GopalNationwide Insurance

Lothar Schubert and Laurence SweeneyCollabNet

Jez HumbleThoughtWorks Studios

Ken VennerSpaceX

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How rapid social network growth at Instagram relates to enterprise agile development

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GitHub (a social network and code repository for developers) growth, 2008–2012

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Before, manufacturing techniques informed software development; now, software development leads

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Cloud computing enables companies to embrace change and deliver services on demand.

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Main characteristics of the DevOps philosophy

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DevOps=agile, automated development and deployment in the era of the cloud

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Overall work week for DevOps vs. traditional IT operations

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Enterprise DevOps teams must navigate the maze of legacy systems and processes

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The fragile versus the robust, agile and antifragile

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Continual testing and improvement anticipate and encourage antifragility

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How antifragility fits in with other change management theories

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DevOps, continuous improvement and antifragility have their roots in Deming, TQM, Lean, Kaizen….

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Conversation with John Esser of Ancestry.com

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Discussion and Q&A

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Tom DeGarmoTechnology Consulting Leader+1 (267) 330 2658

Bo ParkerCenter for Technology & Innovation+1 (408) 817-5733

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