Category: Processes


  • CAMS Model, the way to go for a real DevOps implementation

    You are trying to implement DevOps but results are far below expectations? In this article we will see why, and how to improve the situation. CAMS stands for Culture, Automation, Measurement, and Sharing. It is a model, a set of values used by many DevOps engineers. There are many definitions of DevOps, and, what is…

  • Chaos Monkey: how to stress your system in a(n almost) controlled way!

    You may have heard of the infamous Chaos Monkey. What is about? Chaos engineering is the discipline of experimenting on a system in order to build confidence in the system’s capability to withstand turbulent conditions in production. To understand why we are here, we can introduce the reliance concept. It can be described as the…

  • No waste! Muda, Mura and Muri…

    We don’t want waste. Not at all! But we need to understand there is waste and waste. The Toyota Production System, originating the concept of Lean, has identified several types of wastes, three types of deviations that shows inefficient allocation of resources. These three types are Muda (waste), Mura (unevenness), and Muri (overburden). Muda Muda…

  • How can Lean help in DevOps?

    How can we leverage Lean insights to improve the way we work in DevOps? Lean Software Development is the adaptation to Software Development of lean manufacturing principles and practices. Lean Software Development has been adapted from the Toyota Production System, offering a framework, including values and principles, supporting agile organizations. Principle Short description Eliminate waste…

  • What DevOps… is not!

    How many times have you read DevOps as job title? Or a job advertisement searching for a DevOps? Or the desperate search for a DevOps to automate everything? Well, let’s put some order. Here some examples of what DevOps is not: DevOps is a set of software-development practices that combines a software development mentality with…