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DevOps: Watch Out for These 5 Common Snags
Don t try to speed row on a frozen lake. DevOps is an exciting digital transformation initiative, but keep your eyes wide open as the new process unfolds or you ll get stuck.
Changing business models and increased competition have led to skyrocketing interest in DevOps over the last decade. It’s easy to understand why. Startups and established businesses alike have implemented DevOps to satisfy their customers’ insatiable desires for new applications and features.
Our own team has seen a dramatic DevOps shift, which has included the following: delivering twice the amount of code per developer; identifying 25% more trapped defects while decreasing the number of escaped defects; and delivering products at a cadence far faster than what we achieved five years ago.
Dean Leffingwell
Richard Knaster, SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant at Scaled Agile, Inc., has more than 25 years’ experience in software development in roles ranging from developer to executive and has been involved in Agile for more than a decade. Prior to joining Scaled Agile, Inc., Richard worked at IBM, where his career spanned from product line management (PPM domain) and professional services to chief methodologist, Agile and Lean. Richard is a certified IBM Thought Leader and an Open Group Distinguished IT Specialist. He is also a certified SPC, PSM, Agile Certified Practitioner, PMP, and a contributor to the Disciplined Agile Delivery framework and PMI Portfolio/Program Management standards. He is a contributor to
Richard Knaster
Richard Knaster, SAFe Fellow and Principal Consultant at Scaled Agile, Inc., has more than 25 years’ experience in software development in roles ranging from developer to executive and has been involved in Agile for more than a decade. Prior to joining Scaled Agile, Inc., Richard worked at IBM, where his career spanned from product line management (PPM domain) and professional services to chief methodologist, Agile and Lean. Richard is a certified IBM Thought Leader and an Open Group Distinguished IT Specialist. He is also a certified SPC, PSM, Agile Certified Practitioner, PMP, and a contributor to the Disciplined Agile Delivery framework and PMI Portfolio/Program Management standards. He is a contributor to