devops – Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review

Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps

By Scott J. Pearson | April 19, 2021April 19, 2021 by Scott J. Pearson

DevOps, roughly speaking, seeks to get IT workers to interact with each other more – particularly when they are in different functional roles. Authors Humble and Kim have led this movement and pioneered annual studies to ascertain its progress among practitioners of technology. In this book, they team together with Forsgren (a PhD who brings a rigorous knowledge of statistics and data collection to the table) to present their findings and explain their methods. IT…

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The Unicorn Project: A Novel about Developers, Digital Disruption, and Thriving in the Age of Data

By Scott J. Pearson | January 6, 2020January 6, 2020 by Scott J. Pearson

This work is a sequel to Kim’s other novel The Phoenix Project. Although the books fit together, they need not be read together. In other words, both books are self-standing. This work – essentially about dealing with the software industry in an age of constant change – does an even better job than The Phoenix Project at highlighting how businesses can adapt to and thrive in the digital era. The book is set in an…

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The DevOps Paradox

By Scott J. Pearson | September 28, 2019October 11, 2019 by Scott J. Pearson

For those in the software industry, DevOps is a word we have encountered in the past few years without knowing precisely what it means. It’s generally a movement to break down silos in between Development teams and Operations teams within organizations – all with an eye to enhance the business. In this work, Viktor Farcic interviews a bunch of people with the primary question, “What is DevOps?” They all center around this same definition. To…

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Review: The Phoenix Project

By Scott J. Pearson | August 4, 2019August 4, 2019 by Scott J. Pearson

I’m reading this book to be prepared for a software launch that might happen in the next few months. I read a book like this to ensure that I am on top of my IT game when it comes to responding to life forces. Stories like this tell how powerful information technology can be at transforming organizations when coupled with a simple desire to learn from each other. Too often, those in IT keeps their…

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Review: The DevOps Handbook

By Scott J. Pearson | July 28, 2019July 28, 2019 by Scott J. Pearson

DevOps is a movement about the management of computer programmers. It basically says that Development (coding) and Operations (deployment and maintenance) should communicate more and better. Such workability allows for better error detection, swifter deployment of code, etc. Interestingly, I’ve worked mainly in research environments where I’ve been in charge of both Development and Operations at the same time. I worked in a corporation with separate Dev and Ops for a few years – and…