Avoiding the Agile Alignment Trap with DevOps
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Central claim: fixing delivery performance comes before alignment. Cited evidence: a 2007 Bain survey of ~500 S&P 500 execs shows 74% maintenance, 7% IT-enabled growth and firms that are effective spend ~15% less on IT. Modern scaled frameworks often produce coordination without delivery gains; State of DevOps data shows continuous delivery predicts performance and that investments in automation, deployment pipelines and training change culture. Practical route: carve out platform teams to buy space for architecture, tooling and technical excellence rather than just reorganizing around features.
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- 0:00Start
- 1:49Do You Think the Agile Manifesto Was Generally a Positive Thing for the Software Industry
- 4:18Agenda
- 4:46Modern Agile Is Rubbish
- 5:30How Does It Work
- 7:19Scaled Agile Framework
- 10:21Waterfall Method of Software Development
- 18:50Well-Oiled It
- 20:48The Alignment Trap
- 24:07The State of Devops Report
- 30:39The Western Culture Model
- 32:16Performance Oriented Culture
- 33:04Investments in Technology Are Also Investments in People
- 36:47The Most Important Thing That Determines Our Project Success
- 40:40The Ten Commandments of Software
