The Agile Waterfall
My generation is the generation before Agile; the generation of large SAP rollouts. We worked for years in a waterfall approach to implement new software for our customers. We were pretty good in our world. Not perfect, but for enterprises the approach had its advantages.
Autonomy vs. Standardization in Digital Enterprises
In the early years, standardization was the starting point for IT cost cutting and gaining efficiency. Fewer tools, fewer versions, fewer programming languages, fewer frameworks and fewer processes — all as a guarantee for less spent on maintenance, upgrades, security and talent management. But since the Agile Manifesto movement, companies realize that standardization kills not only innovation, but leads also to more frustration for employees.
Things happen… and then you Waterfall: The Strategic View on Agile
The reality is that in most enterprise companies, Waterfall and Agile coexist. To get the best from both worlds a portfolio strategy is required which encompasses the two models in parallel. Respect for both models is required to bring their full value to organizations.
Bringing DevSecOps transformations to maturity with team dynamics
Companies are going through a digital transformation. Most enterprises have already moved to become ‘Agile Enterprises.’ The logical next step is the DevSecOps transformation where the focus is on optimizing development, operations, and consequently security, in order to reduce the time it takes to get to the market. The DevSecOps transformation, however, has its own complexity.