@mjring

Product & Engineering coach. Recovering software engineer, father, husband, home improver. Some skills better than others. Opinions are my own. He/Him.

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Joined March 2009
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This reminds me of a point brought up when writing our "Measuring Value" paper for @ITRevBooks last year... when an IT org considers itself and its goals distinct from its business peers... "If IT wins but the business loses, is that still success?" Answer here. 👇
Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz1 Jun 2024
Just heard of a utilities government company that is going bankrupt after their IT arm went all-in on Scrum and SAFe, rewrote a billing system, and that billing system got delayed long enough that they could not collect revenue, and ran out of money. Oh man.
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Link to the paper here for those interested: itrevolution.com/product/mea… Co-authors @jgallimore @BettyJunod @AndrewDavis_io Dwayne Holmes

Measuring Value

In this paper, we provide practical guidance on ways to align technology outcomes to business value, communicate effectively with business partners, and avoid the traps that can derail these conver...

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Another reminder that Agile is NOT the goal. It is a vehicle toward achieving your goal. Focus on measuring and improving your (company's) outcomes.
Gergely Orosz
@GergelyOrosz1 Jun 2024
Just heard of a utilities government company that is going bankrupt after their IT arm went all-in on Scrum and SAFe, rewrote a billing system, and that billing system got delayed long enough that they could not collect revenue, and ran out of money. Oh man.
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"Once we understand the overall direction we are trying to go…as well as where we are today…we can then figure out the next target goal we want to reach. With this, we will focus on a couple of tools to help us: an Outcome Canvas and OKRs…" Read more: itrev.io/47G8rqO
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🚀 New 0800-DEVOPS #54 is out - I talked with 🎙️ @nathenharvey about the DORA community, the inaugural DORA Summit, and the freshly published 2023 State of DevOps Report! croz.net/news/0800-devops-54… #DevOps #engineeringmanagement #leadership
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I've been taking a break from work for the last few weeks, so missed much of the brouhaha over the McKinsey developer productivity article. But I'm sure that I could not write a better response than this one from @tastapod dannorth.net/mckinsey-review…
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What happens AFTER the transformation?  
 @MJRing and @AmyWillard are on stage now discussing how they’re sustaining and evolving their Agile operating model at @JohnDeere #DOES23 🚜🌱
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What happens AFTER the transformation? At #DOES23 in Las Vegas, @AmyWIllard and @MJRing will talk about sustaining and improving their Agile Operating Model at @JohnDeere. View the full agenda and register today: itrev.io/42tcJyv
Speaker. What Happens After the Transformation? Sustaining and Improving our Agile Operating Model. Two headshots. Amy Willard, John Deere, IT Director, Global IT Strategy & Transformation. Matt Ring, John Deere, Sr. Product & Engineering Coach, Global IT Strategy & Transformation. DevOps Enterprise Summit. Las Vegas. October 3-5, 2023.

ALT Speaker. What Happens After the Transformation? Sustaining and Improving our Agile Operating Model. Two headshots. Amy Willard, John Deere, IT Director, Global IT Strategy & Transformation. Matt Ring, John Deere, Sr. Product & Engineering Coach, Global IT Strategy & Transformation. DevOps Enterprise Summit. Las Vegas. October 3-5, 2023.

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Interesting to see when production data gets copied down to non-prod environments, and then tests accidentally escape it to the public. Got an e-mail today from @ARRIS thanking me for a support chat I did back in 2018... The subject line even had "Sandbox" prefixed to it. 😬
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This example is pretty benign. And, as far as I can tell, the test only went to myself. But it does raise the question around sensitive PII data scrubbing across environments, levels of security controls in non-prod environments (which are often more lax then production), etc.
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Beware the Prosperity Gospel of Tech Twitter. This whole system is algorithmically designed to make you feel bad about yourself and your progress. Measure only against your previous self. Don’t worry about people’s cars or houses, focus on you, then send the ladder back down.
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.@TMobile is forcing ppl to stop paying by credit card by removing a $5 discount per line so they can avoid bank fees, even though they made $2B in profit last year. This fee relief has been there for 10 years. /1
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I love this! Also, same approach for me. I often inject humor, usually self-deprecating, into my talks. Definitely eases the tension.
Sahil Bloom
@SahilBloom10 Jun 2023
Confession: I am a nervous public speaker. But I have a simple trick I use to cut the tension in the room and build momentum… Here’s how it works:
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I have fallen into each one of these loops at some point in my career. And I still have plenty of career left.
Janis Ozolins
@OzolinsJanis30 May 2023
4 loops that cause creative struggle:
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The 2023 Accelerate: State of DevOps Survey is now open! The people who put this together are some pretty cool folks and the reports themselves are freakin' awesome. If you work in Tech in some capacity, consider taking the survey and sharing your perspective (anonymously).
Google Cloud
@googlecloud30 May 2023
The 2023 Accelerate State of DevOps Survey is now live! Which theme are you excited to dive into? Read the survey, here → goo.gle/43dpkqK
24%SRE
17%Security
53%AI
6%Culture
109 votes • Final results
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So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with @oprah , fail to specify what parts of my poetry they object to, refuse to read any reviews, and offer no alternatives…Unnecessary #bookbans like these are on the rise, and we must fight back 👊🏿 DONATE here: instagram.com/linking/fundra…
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Todd Dorman@tdorman21 May 2023
Now, Bird is pillaging reproductive rights. Somewhere, Steve King is smiling. thegazette.com/staff-columni…
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Be clear on the vision, the purpose, and the desired outcome hypotheses, invite experimentation and empowerment within guardrails. Celebrate safe, fast learning. Leverage emergence and maintain optionality to the last responsible moment in order to optimise outcomes. #BVSSH
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In this article, @dominicad, the author of Making Work Visible, makes a case for moving away from "best practices." "Now more than ever, I fear that teams strive to implement and follow best practices in situations where novel ideas are needed instead." itrev.io/3K2R4Hx

The Case Against Best Practices

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