Implement DevOps Practices That Work

Loved the active participation and candor of the participants. The lack of participation of other key groups, which made this more of a preaching t... Read More

Loved the active participation and candor of the participants. The lack of participation of other key groups, which made this more of a preaching to the converted type of exercise. Read Less

Last 2 questions were purely SWAG.

Going into this workshop with very little experience or exposure with DevOps Usman provided fantastic material, depth and understandable examples w... Read More

Going into this workshop with very little experience or exposure with DevOps Usman provided fantastic material, depth and understandable examples we can use to move forward with our internal objectives. His knowledge in the topic was extensive and his feedback on many struggles we face today and may face in the future is and will be very useful for us today and going forward. Overall this workshop was excellent. I would highly recommend to anyone in the position we were at the onset. Read Less

The best part was that our architects, infrastructure team and management got to hear from our QA team. This team is extremely critical and often n... Read More

The best part was that our architects, infrastructure team and management got to hear from our QA team. This team is extremely critical and often not represented. Quality should be at the core of what we do and is often overlooked. The worst part of the experience was walking away and not having a clear plan for taking action on our learnings. The recap is great but how do we continue to work towards the improvements we identified? Read Less

The best part of the workshop was the executive summary at the end. This helped to shape future presentations and sessions.

Extremely valuable, but impossible to say at this point the amount of time or financial impact.

I was provided with a great starting point for this topic. Just the right amount of information for what I can digest at this time.

Best: Surprising amounts of useful and impactful work produced. Far better than experience on a similar project with Gartner. Worst: Internet c... Read More

Best: Surprising amounts of useful and impactful work produced. Far better than experience on a similar project with Gartner. Worst: Internet connection sometimes was a bit unstable for Teams calls. Read Less

Lots of possibilities surfaced! To realize benefits the advisors need to provide what they promised.

The best parts were opening my eyes to areas I either couldn't see, or didn't know how to get to. The worst part was dedicating time, space, and a... Read More

The best parts were opening my eyes to areas I either couldn't see, or didn't know how to get to. The worst part was dedicating time, space, and attendance for the entirety of the workshop. Read Less

We needed a mechanism to engage all stakeholders and develop a common vision and direction for our DevOps initiative. It was far more effective to... Read More

We needed a mechanism to engage all stakeholders and develop a common vision and direction for our DevOps initiative. It was far more effective to have this led by a third party. They brought outside knowledge and experience we do not yet have, and are an objective party as opposed to those of us in the organization who may have a vested interest in seeing activities steered in a particular direction. The workshop achieved what we wanted it to which was broad engagement, and 'guidance' which helped us develop a common vision and direction with directed next steps we should take to execute our plan. Read Less

Great industry and practice experts on the call.. good advice on topic and how to use the documentation.. no worst parts Thank you

very useful. Enjoyed the time, found some useful info that will help me move forward.

Great interaction and exchange of ideas.

Hans was a perfect fit for the level of discussion I wanted to have. I will schedule a follow up call to discuss appropriate org models, skills, c... Read More

Hans was a perfect fit for the level of discussion I wanted to have. I will schedule a follow up call to discuss appropriate org models, skills, culture, and so forth. The worst part, if you want to call it that, was that we eventually ran out of time. Easily solved. Read Less

the analyst was unprepared and provided no structured materials for discussion, the call was ended short due to lack of value

The analyst was well prepared and knowledgeable on the topic being discussed, however after discussing DevOps with him, I don't think it is what we... Read More

The analyst was well prepared and knowledgeable on the topic being discussed, however after discussing DevOps with him, I don't think it is what we are looking to implement quite yet. As an organization we don't have the processes in place that a DevOps model provides. Read Less

My team didn't realize that we should have reviewed the material in advance. If we had done that, I think we would have derived more value from th... Read More

My team didn't realize that we should have reviewed the material in advance. If we had done that, I think we would have derived more value from this call. I think the material looks very good - we just didn't prepare properly to engage on some of the points that would be more pertinent to us. Read Less