By adding the expertise of QA, IT Operations, and Infosec into delivery teams and automated self-service tools and platforms, teams are able to use that expertise in their daily work without being dependent on other teams.
“The behavior of a system cannot be known just by knowing the elements of which the system is made.”
― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
― Thinking in Systems: A Primer
“Everyone in the organization should have access to as much data as legally possible.”
― Creating a Data-Driven Organization: Practical Advice from the Trenches
― Creating a Data-Driven Organization: Practical Advice from the Trenches
“while people might care which company they join, they don’t care which company they work for. The truth is that, once there, people care which team they’re on.”
― Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
― Nine Lies About Work: A Freethinking Leader’s Guide to the Real World
“A distributed system is one in which the failure of a computer you didn’t even know existed can render your own computer unusable. Leslie Lamport”
― Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work
― Database Internals: A Deep Dive into How Distributed Data Systems Work
“Every company is a technology company, regardless of what business they think they’re in. A bank is just an IT company with a banking license.”
― The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
― The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
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