Optimizing your Digital Execution Engine – A Guide for Banks
By Bradley Clerkin Most banks have defined critical digital business targets and worry their digital engineering engine doesn’t have the...
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The BreakFree Blog
Where BreakFree experts share their wisdom, experience, and knowledge.
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To Adopt DevOps, You Need a Game Plan
Through the DevOps Playbook Framework, enablement teams now exactly how to support the adoption of this core capability By Bradley...
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Avoid Pitfalls with Our Roadmap
6 critical steps for optimizing DevOps, Agile, and Cloud By Bradley Clerkin, CTO You need the right road map to get you where you want to...
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How NOT to Do DevOps
To get the most value from DevOps, top enterprises avoid these 6 pitfalls By Bradley Clerkin, CTO By now, you’ve probably seen hundreds...
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Understanding Pre- and Post-Digital Operating Models
It’s not a transition, but an expansion of the IT operating model By Bradley Clerkin, CTO To have the most success from digital...
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Service Requests Mentality is a Blocker to Digital
IT must become a partner and enabler of digital — not a service provider By Bradley Clerkin, BreakFree Solutions CTO Becoming digitally...
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Reviewing Backlogs to Promote Functionality
A functional backlog supports the PO’s vision and allows the team to bring that vision to life. By BreakFree Solutions To be productive,...
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The Digital Triad: DevOps, Agile and Cloud
You must operationalize all three By Bradley Clerkin The digital operating model for CIOs must include the triad of DevOps, Agile, and...
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DevOps Do’s and Don’t’s
A fundamental misunderstanding of DevOps is why so many companies get it wrong By Bradley Clerkin I recently stumbled across an article...
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How to Best Use Your Talents in Scrum
Each Myers Briggs personality type has different strengths they can use through Scrum methodology By Sara Fauver, Senior Solutions...
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Effective Application of Scrum Techniques and Tools
There are many different tools and techniques that can be used in Scrum — but not all teams should consider all tools all the time in...
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How to Stop Sabotaging Your IT initiatives
Using the Simple Sabotage Field Manual as a guide of what NOT to do and share some strategies we perform consistently at BreakFree.
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How to Create Successful Sample Apps
Empower your platform team with safe and effective experience By Bradley Clerkin, BreakFree Solutions CTO At BreakFree, we build awesome...
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Forget “Training,” Build a Learning Culture
IT’s ability to hire, retain, and more importantly up-skill and re-skill talent is a critical component of a digital capable IT organization
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Communicate. It's Simple. Not Always Easy.
Leadership must communicate to understand — not to demand— if they want to see real progress in their organization.
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Ditch Dashboards
Why dashboards are being replaced by a fast, efficient, cloud-based future By BreakFree Solutions Dashboards have been a staple of...
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Swap Deadlines for “Do-Lines”
If your teams are dependent on deadlines to complete work, Agile provides a better way to boost productivity
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Why Treating Your Platform as a Product is Crucial for Digital Transformation
Frequently used platforms are at the heart of any organization that has navigated modern digital transformation. These platforms are treated
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The IT Product Owner: A Make or Break Role for Digital Transformation
The role of the IT product owner is required for doing cloud and digital at scale. Enterprise companies that successfully develop...
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