Articles

Don't Forget Operations' Point of View in DevOps

Much of what is written about DevOps—a set of principles that helps development and operations teams work more effectively together—is delivered from the perspective of developers. In my opinion, DevOps needs to also take an operations point of view in order to be effective and practical. This article is all about putting the “ops” back into DevOps, so to speak.

Bob Aiello's picture Bob Aiello
Oh, Those Pesky Coworkers!

When a coworker rubs you the wrong way or gets on your nerves, what can you do? It's tempting to slap a label on the other person and hope he changes. But what if the person isn't difficult, just different? In this column, Esther Derby shares her thoughts on the invisible boundaries of appropriate behavior.

Esther Derby's picture Esther Derby

Conference Presentations

BSE Testing They Said, We Said: Bridge the Communication Gap with Behavior-Driven Development
Slideshow

Have you heard that only 36 percent of business features built into software are actually used by end users? And why do we get functionality that fails to work as expected? One of the age-old problems between IT and our clients is that we don’t speak the same language. Sheetal Patel...

Sheetal Patel
An Interview with Steven "Doc" List: ADC-BSW 2013 Interview Series
Video

Committed to covering the latest tools, trends, and issues regarding software development approaches, plan-driven development methods, and process improvement programs, Agile Development & Better Software Conference West offers their 2013 interview series. 

Steven “Doc” List, Santeon Group

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