by Bradley Clerkin | May 10, 2021 | Agile, Automation, Cloud, Enterprise Cloud
“All user input is error” is a design practice Elon Musk regularly highlights. It’s a profound concept for IT platforms. It expresses what we think separates good platform software from bad. Good platform software delights the developer and helps them do their job...
by Bradley Clerkin | Feb 23, 2021 | Agile, Cloud, DevOps, Enterprise Cloud
Introduction 2021 is the time to throw away incremental improvements. CIOs and CTOs need to aggressively establish new capabilities and drive digital transformation. Being aggressive means engaging and partnering with business stakeholders on technology projects that...
by Bradley Clerkin | Dec 1, 2020 | Agile, Cloud, DevOps, Enterprise Cloud
The role of the IT product owner is required for doing cloud and digital at scale. Enterprise companies that successfully develop digital products know a critical success factor is having a cloud-native platform that’s built as a product for developers and engineers....
by Bradley Clerkin | Jun 23, 2020 | Agile, Cloud
Cloud, cross-functional teams, product development, and agile are changing what organizations need from their architects. Enterprise IT leaders realize they need to help architects evolve, and this starts by evaluating the major functions of architecture groups....
by Robert Wilson | May 19, 2020 | Agile
The best teams mature through their use of Agile skills, daily standups, retrospectives, and planning sessions being executed by cross-functional team members, product owners, and stakeholders – all going in the same direction. Sizing product backlog items (PBIs) is a...
by Margaret Valtierra | Aug 15, 2018 | Agile
As the original scrum guide points out, there are a few key components to “doing scrum right” – sprints, backlogs, and product owners. Teams work collaboratively on tasks from the product backlog, which is a list of everything that needs to get done. Each sprint, the...
