Out of the success of some pilot (experiments) more and more organizations are stumbling on how to scale those experiments throughout the rest of the company. What most organizations end up doing is to reuse over and over again the same structures and the same rules they have been using for years, missing entirely the point about Agile. If you want to make it work for your organization, start from looking within a Team and understand what makes them Agile... look deeper into principles and values, not so much in practices, as those will emerge out of experience from your teams. Also understand the major difference between becoming agile and adopting agile. The latter encourage the wrong behaviour of looking on the market at existing models to adopt, and roll-out within your organization. Look at those model as a confirmation that is possible to solve your problems - as someone else apparently already did - and as inspiration. Also be vary of models which are not stemming out of experience, but of a lot of thinking, as that doesn't fit well to the Agile and Lean paradigm. Finally there are many factor you can evaluate in your journey toward becoming more Agile, there are level of complexity growing at an organizational level which you might not find in teams. Finally look at identifying metrics for tracking your progress in a way that reflects the outcome your organization is delivering and not the "work" is doing. In fact learning to work in an Agile way means learning to deliver more, by doing less. In the presentation I use the metaphor of an organization being a "car" rather than an organism, because of pure esthetic reasons, it would get rather bloody with an organic metaphor. I am aware like all models, has its weaknesses, and one of those is that it is mechanic, and predictable, unless it is a transforming car :-)
A presentation for Agile Arizona 2017. Where is your project on the agility continuum (scale), and what might you tweak to get a little more agility (even in a waterfall culture).
Using Silent Grouping to Size User Stories (XP2011)Ken Power
User stories are used to describe the functionality delivered in a product or system. Planning Poker is a common technique for sizing user stories, however it has challenges. It can be time consuming and teams can get bogged down in unnecessary discussion. The talk and paper accompanying this presentation describes a technique called Silent Grouping that can be used to compliment Planning Poker, explaining how to apply it so that large sets of user stories can be sized in minutes.
These are slides from a talk I gave at XP2011 in Madrid. However, at the talk I did not actually use slides. Instead, I got participants to play the Silent Grouping game and we had a discussion about it.
Silent Grouping has several advantages. It is fast, which in turn leads to significant time and cost savings. It also has more subtle benefits. The paper, available in the XP2011 conference proceedings, discusses the techniques, challenges, cost savings and benefits of Silent Grouping.
Why practices are not as important as principles?Andrea Tomasini
You might wonder why is not that easy to adopt agile engineering practices and achieve technical excellence. When we think at practices we tend to think at simple things: pinning on the fridge with a magnet the list of shopping items to buy, having a clear prioritised list of things to do, and work that in order… why is then that with Agile practices is not working that easy? What is that Teams are not getting right? Is it that we don’t have the right Software tools? Or we are not collocated? The Agile dilemma is: “To effectively apply practices, you need to understand the principle, to understand the principles you need to practice!”, simply… complicated!
Out of the success of some pilot (experiments) more and more organizations are stumbling on how to scale those experiments throughout the rest of the company. What most organizations end up doing is to reuse over and over again the same structures and the same rules they have been using for years, missing entirely the point about Agile. If you want to make it work for your organization, start from looking within a Team and understand what makes them Agile... look deeper into principles and values, not so much in practices, as those will emerge out of experience from your teams. Also understand the major difference between becoming agile and adopting agile. The latter encourage the wrong behaviour of looking on the market at existing models to adopt, and roll-out within your organization. Look at those model as a confirmation that is possible to solve your problems - as someone else apparently already did - and as inspiration. Also be vary of models which are not stemming out of experience, but of a lot of thinking, as that doesn't fit well to the Agile and Lean paradigm. Finally there are many factor you can evaluate in your journey toward becoming more Agile, there are level of complexity growing at an organizational level which you might not find in teams. Finally look at identifying metrics for tracking your progress in a way that reflects the outcome your organization is delivering and not the "work" is doing. In fact learning to work in an Agile way means learning to deliver more, by doing less. In the presentation I use the metaphor of an organization being a "car" rather than an organism, because of pure esthetic reasons, it would get rather bloody with an organic metaphor. I am aware like all models, has its weaknesses, and one of those is that it is mechanic, and predictable, unless it is a transforming car :-)
A presentation for Agile Arizona 2017. Where is your project on the agility continuum (scale), and what might you tweak to get a little more agility (even in a waterfall culture).
Using Silent Grouping to Size User Stories (XP2011)Ken Power
User stories are used to describe the functionality delivered in a product or system. Planning Poker is a common technique for sizing user stories, however it has challenges. It can be time consuming and teams can get bogged down in unnecessary discussion. The talk and paper accompanying this presentation describes a technique called Silent Grouping that can be used to compliment Planning Poker, explaining how to apply it so that large sets of user stories can be sized in minutes.
These are slides from a talk I gave at XP2011 in Madrid. However, at the talk I did not actually use slides. Instead, I got participants to play the Silent Grouping game and we had a discussion about it.
Silent Grouping has several advantages. It is fast, which in turn leads to significant time and cost savings. It also has more subtle benefits. The paper, available in the XP2011 conference proceedings, discusses the techniques, challenges, cost savings and benefits of Silent Grouping.
Why practices are not as important as principles?Andrea Tomasini
You might wonder why is not that easy to adopt agile engineering practices and achieve technical excellence. When we think at practices we tend to think at simple things: pinning on the fridge with a magnet the list of shopping items to buy, having a clear prioritised list of things to do, and work that in order… why is then that with Agile practices is not working that easy? What is that Teams are not getting right? Is it that we don’t have the right Software tools? Or we are not collocated? The Agile dilemma is: “To effectively apply practices, you need to understand the principle, to understand the principles you need to practice!”, simply… complicated!
Pre Mortem Retrospectives are a powerful way to prevent project failures before they occur.
Resting on the standard Agile Retrospective format you flash-forward to a date after the scheduled release date and assume that the project has failed miserably
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Pre Mortem Retrospectives are a powerful way to prevent project failures before they occur.
Resting on the standard Agile Retrospective format you flash-forward to a date after the scheduled release date and assume that the project has failed miserably
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
2. BOTTLENECK:
DEFINITIONS
1
A : A NARROW ROUTE
B : A POINT OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION
2
A : SOMEONE OR SOMETHING THAT
RETARDS OR HALTS FREE MOVEMENT
AND PROGRESS
B : IMPASSE
Merriam-Webster www.m-w.com
9. BEING A BOTTLENECK
NOT AVAILABLE (OVERLOAD, TRAVEL, HIDING)
DEFERRING/NOT MAKING DECISIONS
(OVERBURDEN, INCOMPETENCE, CYA)
CENTRALIZING DECISIONS/NEVER
DELEGATE (CONTROL FREAK)
LACK OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS
SPECIALIST* (MULTIPLE CLIENTS)
*formally not a bottleneck but effects are the same
16. MEASURE FLOW
B
C
D
F
E
A
ideas
elaborate
do
delivered
validate
G
H
I
sub-cycle times
17. MEASURE # OF ITEMS
IN SYSTEM (WIP)
B
C
D
F
E
A
ideas
elaborate
do
delivered
validate
G
H
I
# of items in a
specific state = 2
# of items in
specific area = 4
total # of
items = 9
37. REDUCE BATCH SIZE
SMALLER BATCHES REDUCE
QUEUE SIZE
CYCLE TIME
FLOW VARIABILITY
FEEDBACK DELAY
RISK
OVERHEAD
BEFORE ATTACKING BOTTLENECKS
38. IT IS EASIER TO START
THAN IT IS TO FINISH
MULTITASKING
39. MULTITASKING SUCKS
MULTITASKING MAKES YOU LOOK
BUSY AND SMART
MULTI-TASKERS
MAKE VERY POOR
MULTI-TASKERS
(Stanford study, 2009)
“they felt productive because they touched so many different tasks –
but when tested against people who focused on one thing at a time,
multi-taskers lost and lost big”. Eyal Ophir
41. T.O.C. APPROACH
1. IDENTIFY THE CONSTRAINT
(CCR - Capacity Constrained Resource)
2. DECIDE HOW BEST TO EXPLOIT THE
CONSTRAINT
3. SUBORDINATE EVERYTHING ELSE TO THE
ABOVE DECISIONS
4. ELEVATE THE CONSTRAINT
5. RE-EVALUATE
E.GoldraA
42. LIMITS OF T.O.C.
FLOW ISSUES DO NOT ALWAYS IMPLY A
BOTTLENECK
KNOWLEDGE WORK HAS HIGH
VARIABILITY
CCR NOT EASY TO FIND IN THIS
CONTEXT
ADDING CAPACITY AT BOTTLENECK NOT
ALWAYS CONVENIENT
BOTTLENECK NEVER RUNNING OUT OF
WORK NOT ALWAYS CONVENIENT
43. LOOKING AT THE WHOLE
BOTTLENECKS BEFORE OR AFTER DEVELOPMENT
CONCEPT PHASE TOO SLOW? PRODUCING
INCOHERENT, CONFUSED INFORMATION? LOTS OF
REWORK?
STAGING AND DEPLOYMENT ISSUES? LAUNCHING
PRODUCTS TOO EARLY? LOTS OF REWORK?
SUPPORT
45. AGILE HAS INTRODUCED
A NEW BOTTLENECK
BACKLOG
COMMITTED
OR
NOT?
STATIC
OR
DYNAMIC?
PUSH
OR
PULL?
COST
OF
DELAY?
UNFORTUNATELY
POTENTIAL
v
46. THE
PRODUCT
OWNER
NOT
AVAILABLE
NOT
KNOWLEDGEABLE
NOT
AUTHORITATIVE
NOT
COMMUNICATIVE
TOO
MUCH
FOR
ONE
PERSON?
47. YES
BUT
YET ANOTHER
KIND OF BOTTLENECK
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
EMBRACING JUST SOME OF IT
NEVER CHANGING BOARD DESIGN,
POLICIES, WIP LIMITS, ETC.
KANBUT