This is a quick post; I meant to get this pulled together last night, but hey, I’m in Vegas. There were things to do, so I’m hammering it out before the morning sessions start. As always, this is a fantastic conference; it really shifts the focus away from specific technological solutions to understanding why technology is important to delivering business value. In no specific order, here are my key takeaways from yesterday:
- I need to do a better job of articulating my vision, and asking my boss (and his boss) to do the same. What’s the message we want to send to our employees? To our clients? To our competition?
- Minimum Viable Compliance – we are so process-heavy; how do we convince governance to help us do the right thing, but do it in such a way that it reduces the strain on the system? Governance as a Service.
- Return to our roots- build a service catalog, and use it to describe architecture. Every single component of the value stream (ideally) should be captured, and used like Lego blocks to define service delivery.
- Reliability Engineering needs to be visible. Keep measurement and reporting simple; start with a rubric, and a pass/fail mentality. Dedicate time to toil reduction as a team, not as individuals.
Lots more to come, but wanted to get these notes out the door.
