Enabling people for Success
in Lean, Agile & DevOps
People being the Lever for quality software that delights customers
People enjoying delivering
People enabling delivery
People having quality software delivered
Business imperatives for Digital Disruption
We encapsulate the challenges and obstacles to success in software delivery in 2 triangles
It is about building the PRODUCT RIGHT to satisfy the iron triangle
It is about building the RIGHT PRODUCT to satisfy customers repeatedly
Our Story
It is about providing the FULCRUM to enable people to easily overcome the challenges and obstacles to success in delivering delightful quality software
Elements of the Fulcrum
Developed from 30 years of competency development and human performance improvement for Software Delivery in South African Blue Chip Institutions
Work
We define the what and how of the required culture change as new work practices that are adopted.
DevQA processes – these are the quality interventions defined for a feature team.
The Quality Interventions being the Lean, Agile and DevOps processes that deliver the desired outcomes.
Fitted into the feature team’s work practices for the delivery of software.
Workplace
Creating a productive workplace in which change takes place.
It incorporates:-
- Delivery infrastructure (Development, Test and Pre-prod)
- Project management
- Release management
- Communication channels
- Value measures (incorporating performance appraisals)
World
What is the world in which software delivery must take place?
We look at:-
- Business imperatives – what customers want now
- Vision
- Leadership
- Strategy
We align the Work with the Workplace to the World,
such that people can deliver good software that delights customers.
An outstanding company. I have learned a lot both from MtoM and Chris in my short period.
Rated the Expectation Session very highly and quite unique – a great learning experience.
In answering the question “What have you enjoyed about working at MtoM“
• The MtoM culture of learning and knowledge sharing
• Having a direct line to the MD, which is unusual in business today
• MtoM always felt like a close-knit community
Wow!
I wish my company had this approach
Master of the Universe
3 Essential Skills for Modern Software Engineers We’ve mentioned in a previous post that software delivery has undergone a fundamental shift to adapt to the changing demands of a world in the throes of digital disruption. Engineers have had to change their approach...
DevOps Personal Success Plan in action
An example of how value mapping is applied in the context of DevOps. Told as a story of a Quality Intervention for a feature team. This is a “live” example and represents the average situation we encounter.
Performance Appraisals to Personal Success Plans Why change for DevOps
The approaches to software delivery have changed, and will continue to change, with DevOps, Agile and Lean as key drivers of the HOW change will happen.
As a result, the IT skill requirements of 2018 will differ from the past 10 years.
We kick off our journey of Personal Success in the world of Lean, Agile and DevOps.
I will get to that as soon as I have this code live
An example of how value mapping is applied in the context of DevOps. Told as a story of a Quality Intervention for a feature team. This is a “live” example and represents the average situation we encounter.
From Performance Appraisals to Personal Success Plans
Is there value in Performance Appraisals? Our approach has delivered an unequivocal YES. This is a story of the evolution of our performance appraisals. By addressing the Why, How and What of performance management we are able to deliver on the culture change with DevOps, Agile and Lean.