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““One of the inherent challenges with initiatives such as DevOps transformations is that they are inevitably in conflict with ongoing business operations. Part””

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“for those organizations that provided a stock ticker symbol, we found that high performers had 50% higher market capitalization growth over three years. They…

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“Bill Baker, a distinguished engineer at Microsoft, quipped that we used to treat servers like pets: “You name them and when they get sick,…

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“To even get feedback from our integration process would require twenty-four to thirty-six hours.”

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“work can bounce between teams endlessly due to incomplete information, or work can be passed onto downstream work centers with problems that remain completely…

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“practicing five minutes daily is better than practicing once a week for three hours. And if you want to create a genuine culture of…

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“habits are what enable mastery.”

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“20% on detailed planning (Their poor throughput and high lead times were misattributed to faulty estimation, and so, hoping to get a better answer,…

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“Features are always a gamble. If you’re lucky, ten percent will get the desired benefits.”

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“I listen to Wes and Patty brainstorm ideas to reduce yet another dependency on Brent when something starts to bother me. Erik called WIP,…

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The status quo (of development) pre-ordains failure from the very beginning.

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“Some say the Earth is angry Because he wants no company; I say the Earth is angry Because he lives alone.”

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If the State does not acquire supremacy over [vast private] enterprises, it becomes their puppet, and they become the real State.

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