Dr. house would be a great product managementTautvydas Gylys
If product management goal is to increase the accuracy of company bets and if discovery is the process of doing that, why we spend so little time in comparison to taking care of delivery. Here I'm sharing insights from House MD and first steps we take @Trafi to change that.
What if you’re not the CTO and you want to improve your quality, performance and stability?
How do you work with low buy-in, legacy, siloed organizations to break down barriers, blur borders and eliminate constraints?
We cover:
– tribes and guilds vs silos and departments
– easy wins
– low investment tools
– talking the talk and walking the walk
– trust and building confidence
Going through data driven steps towards mastering measurement information to succeed in DevOps operations.
Basics and extensions build on top of data up to for development, operations and business usage.
This is a summary of the blogs by Eric Ries on the Five Whys at http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2008/11/five-whys.html. It was used for an internal presentation at Cogent Consulting. If Eric or anyone else thinks this should not be public I will take it down, but I hope I'll drive (a little) more traffic to his blog :-)
Dr. house would be a great product managementTautvydas Gylys
If product management goal is to increase the accuracy of company bets and if discovery is the process of doing that, why we spend so little time in comparison to taking care of delivery. Here I'm sharing insights from House MD and first steps we take @Trafi to change that.
What if you’re not the CTO and you want to improve your quality, performance and stability?
How do you work with low buy-in, legacy, siloed organizations to break down barriers, blur borders and eliminate constraints?
We cover:
– tribes and guilds vs silos and departments
– easy wins
– low investment tools
– talking the talk and walking the walk
– trust and building confidence
Going through data driven steps towards mastering measurement information to succeed in DevOps operations.
Basics and extensions build on top of data up to for development, operations and business usage.
This is a summary of the blogs by Eric Ries on the Five Whys at http://startuplessonslearned.blogspot.com/2008/11/five-whys.html. It was used for an internal presentation at Cogent Consulting. If Eric or anyone else thinks this should not be public I will take it down, but I hope I'll drive (a little) more traffic to his blog :-)
Changing business of testing - Testing Assembly Helsinki 2014Vasco Duarte
Testing jobs will move to cheaper countries unless the role of testing changes. This is a trend that is happening already, we see large teams of testers being moved to other countries, simply because it is cheaper to do bad testing there!
Testing is a critical part of the product and software development process, and if we don't change its role it will slowly become obsolete. The fact is, that the traditional view of testing endangers testing jobs: now here, and later also in cheaper countries.
I propose a different view of testing. I propose that testing is about enabling business results, not just technical quality. I propose that the tester's job goes far beyond finding issues to track, but also finding users to acquire, finding methods to succeed in the software business. Testing in my view is about making businesses succeed, not about avoid failures in software.
In this presentation I'll describe how a very simple change can profoundly transform the role of testing in a way that it directly enables and supports our businesses! Testing is about making our businesses succeed!
The road ahead is not easy, and not every tester is ready to embrace this view of testing. But the road ahead is inevitable. And we have to start on that journey now!
PHP World DC 2015 - What Can Go Wrong with Agile Development and How to Fix ItMatt Toigo
A talk I gave at the 2015 PHPWorld Conference. PDF Version of the slides at www.matt-toigo.com/files/phpworld_2015_presentation.pdf
Agile and Scrum are often pitched together as the definitive silver bullet for eliminating pain from software development, but they include their own sets of problems that commonly drag down development teams. Whether an agile team is executing an internal project or doing work for a client, a very similar set of problems begins to afflict all the members of such teams, regardless of their roles. The common root causes of these problems can be quickly identified, and complementary solutions can be easily implemented to ensure a happy team that continues to deliver high-quality work.
[CXL Live 16] Growth Hacking BS: Fixing Marketing One Truth at a Time by Morg...CXL
Growth hacking has exploded in popularity, with companies scrambling to find magical 'hackers' who create massive user bases and revenue out of thin air. Unfortunately, a closer look shows us that much of the hype is just that. To find growth, companies must stop searching for unicorns and do something much less sexy: get back to work.
In this talk I'll cover:
- how companies actually grow online based on studying dozens of fast-growing startups
- why growth is based on companies finding winning tests faster
- how we did that at growth hackers
- how other companies do it (HubSpot, Twitter, more)
- how to start hacking and start growing
- things to avoid, etc.
[CXL Live 16] Beyond Test-by-Test Results: CRO Metrics for Performance & Insi...CXL
Individual tests drive insights & ROI, but the most sophisticated optimizers look beyond what an individual test is telling them and use data to optimize their overall testing performance.
In this talk, Claire will dive into the specifics of how to track, improve, and drive insight from performance metrics for your conversion program, so you can not only run better tests, but get more out of your investment in CRO.
When confronted with a problem, have you ever stopped and asked "why" five times? The Five Whys technique is a simple but powerful way to troubleshoot problems by exploring cause-and-effect relationships.
Karoliina Luoto, Codento. J. Boye Web and intranet conference 2013 presentation on how problems in agility are often fixed by going back to basics and taking the humble lesson.
- The need to iterate quickly affects everybody, regardless of sector, org structure, because:
- software has permeated all areas of business and it requires constant innovation.
- That has increased the pace of change so stop planning years at a time; things will have changed
- And as the voice of the customer, marketers need to be wise to this expectation and seize the opportunity to iterate quickly
Website optimization through quality experimentation (2)wcto2017
I talk about quality experimentation methodology, overcoming fear and ideas about how to generate experiment ideas. My intended audience is small to medium size businesses with functioning sites that are looking to improve through increased conversion.
Changing business of testing - Testing Assembly Helsinki 2014Vasco Duarte
Testing jobs will move to cheaper countries unless the role of testing changes. This is a trend that is happening already, we see large teams of testers being moved to other countries, simply because it is cheaper to do bad testing there!
Testing is a critical part of the product and software development process, and if we don't change its role it will slowly become obsolete. The fact is, that the traditional view of testing endangers testing jobs: now here, and later also in cheaper countries.
I propose a different view of testing. I propose that testing is about enabling business results, not just technical quality. I propose that the tester's job goes far beyond finding issues to track, but also finding users to acquire, finding methods to succeed in the software business. Testing in my view is about making businesses succeed, not about avoid failures in software.
In this presentation I'll describe how a very simple change can profoundly transform the role of testing in a way that it directly enables and supports our businesses! Testing is about making our businesses succeed!
The road ahead is not easy, and not every tester is ready to embrace this view of testing. But the road ahead is inevitable. And we have to start on that journey now!
PHP World DC 2015 - What Can Go Wrong with Agile Development and How to Fix ItMatt Toigo
A talk I gave at the 2015 PHPWorld Conference. PDF Version of the slides at www.matt-toigo.com/files/phpworld_2015_presentation.pdf
Agile and Scrum are often pitched together as the definitive silver bullet for eliminating pain from software development, but they include their own sets of problems that commonly drag down development teams. Whether an agile team is executing an internal project or doing work for a client, a very similar set of problems begins to afflict all the members of such teams, regardless of their roles. The common root causes of these problems can be quickly identified, and complementary solutions can be easily implemented to ensure a happy team that continues to deliver high-quality work.
[CXL Live 16] Growth Hacking BS: Fixing Marketing One Truth at a Time by Morg...CXL
Growth hacking has exploded in popularity, with companies scrambling to find magical 'hackers' who create massive user bases and revenue out of thin air. Unfortunately, a closer look shows us that much of the hype is just that. To find growth, companies must stop searching for unicorns and do something much less sexy: get back to work.
In this talk I'll cover:
- how companies actually grow online based on studying dozens of fast-growing startups
- why growth is based on companies finding winning tests faster
- how we did that at growth hackers
- how other companies do it (HubSpot, Twitter, more)
- how to start hacking and start growing
- things to avoid, etc.
[CXL Live 16] Beyond Test-by-Test Results: CRO Metrics for Performance & Insi...CXL
Individual tests drive insights & ROI, but the most sophisticated optimizers look beyond what an individual test is telling them and use data to optimize their overall testing performance.
In this talk, Claire will dive into the specifics of how to track, improve, and drive insight from performance metrics for your conversion program, so you can not only run better tests, but get more out of your investment in CRO.
When confronted with a problem, have you ever stopped and asked "why" five times? The Five Whys technique is a simple but powerful way to troubleshoot problems by exploring cause-and-effect relationships.
Karoliina Luoto, Codento. J. Boye Web and intranet conference 2013 presentation on how problems in agility are often fixed by going back to basics and taking the humble lesson.
- The need to iterate quickly affects everybody, regardless of sector, org structure, because:
- software has permeated all areas of business and it requires constant innovation.
- That has increased the pace of change so stop planning years at a time; things will have changed
- And as the voice of the customer, marketers need to be wise to this expectation and seize the opportunity to iterate quickly
Website optimization through quality experimentation (2)wcto2017
I talk about quality experimentation methodology, overcoming fear and ideas about how to generate experiment ideas. My intended audience is small to medium size businesses with functioning sites that are looking to improve through increased conversion.
UK e-Government Shared Services Status Report - February 2004Alan Mather
An update from February 2004 on how UK Government's Shared Services were performing. Includes the Government Gateway, DotP, Direct.gov and other services.
Major Projects Leadership Academy 24.04.2014 Alan Mather
A presentation to government staff going through the "Major Projects Leadership" process - designed to improve project and programme delivery within UK government.
Presentation to top 200 staff at the Inland Revenue in 2000. I had been in the department, working as an advisor, for about 4 weeks - these were my first thoughts (as an outsider to the civil service world)
Gateway and DotP Performance Dashboard July 2003Alan Mather
Monthly report from July 2003 showing availability, usage and projects relating to the UK's Government Gateway Authentication platform and its content management platform DotP (used for direct.gov.uk)
Are you ready to build an MVP? Where do you start? How do you know what features to build? How do you know how many people you need to build it? How do you know that they are building a right thing in a right way? This presentation and conversation will explore strategies for assembling effective teams for building and deploying an MVP while incurring minimal Product and Technical Debt. We will also discuss implementing an effective process to make sure that your MVP will be built on time and on target.
How to Apply a Product Mindset to Your Platform Team TomorrowJelmer Borst
5 practical tips to apply for your platform team:
1. Don't build
2. Align with your company's strategy
3. Define and explain your team's value
4. Measure what matters
5. Iterate & celebrate your successes
Software development myths that block your careerPiotr Horzycki
During 15 years of my software development career, I was a victim of numerous myths and fads of the IT industry. "We must have Scrum", "Rewrite everything", Hype-Driven Development, 100% test coverage - just to name a few. You'll learn where do these myths come from, why they're wrong and what are the real-world, battle-tested alternatives. You can skyrocket your career just by focusing on the right things!
Consulting Services companies goes through multitude of challenges in its Sales cycle, Delivery Cycle and over all Competency building and maintaining cycle. In this 2 part blog, I write about the various issues, Well whats the point in discussing problems with out a solution, Worry Not, The blog culminates with a tried and tested solution.
Tried Architecture as Shared Services? Felt like Abstracting the best of the resources, while encapsulating them well within at the same time? Tried creating COE’s? Have the management shot back stating it is overused/abused concept, tried and failed? Yes there are lot of reasons to fail when NOT done right.
This blog entry documents the RIGHT way, tried and tested Recursively
Pragmatic guide to AB testing - Agile and Automation days 2019Jakub Kurcek
The best agile practices are a waste, if you build the wrong product. Making decision on what is the right product is a huge challenge. With so many options and good ideas available it is impossible to guess what will work and what will flop.
You will go through end-to-end journey. Starting with how a good hypothesis should look like. When to use A/B test and where not to. How to set up the test to avoid common pitfalls. How to check if results are meaningful. How to plan a follow up and what to do if there are no results after implementing the learning on production.
You will learn not only about the math and craft of setting the test. But also about psychology of decision process around AB testing.
Together we have more than twelve years of experience in managing consumer products. Dozens of features, hundreds of experiments, millions of users, and zillions of mistakes. But at the end a few diamonds were worth all the effort. You will learn how to get to results faster without making all the mistakes yourself.
Takeaways
* How define good hypothesis for AB test
* When to avoid using A/B test framework
* The math behind defining A/B test
* How to interpret the results to get the most out of them
We all know the feeling. The creeping sense of doom that our project is falling apart. The growing horror as we watch it unravel despite all our best laid plans. The moment of terror when we realize it’s well and truly dead.
All of us—whether we make launch plans or business plans, product plans or go-to-market-plans—have at least one skeleton in our closet. And it was most likely put there by one of these plan killers: poor alignment with corporate strategy, bad metrics or lack of understanding of the market.
Fortunately, this issue of Pragmatic Marketer provides practical tools and tips for addressing all three.
First, Bill Thomson walks us through creating a strategic product plan. Robert Boyd and our own Jon Gatrell talk about key metrics—how to measure everything from overall organizational strength to individual sprints. And finally, weaving it all together, is a real-life look at how Hubspot ensures its product launch plans succeed.
There are bone-yards full of good ideas that collapse during planning and execution. In this issue we help ensure your project isn’t one of them.
Happy reading,
Rebecca Kalogeris, Editorial Director
Are you ready to build an MVP? Where do you start? How do you know what features to build? How do you know how many people you need to build it? How do you know that they are building a right thing in a right way? This presentation and conversation will explore strategies for assembling effective teams for building and deploying an MVP while incurring minimal Product and Technical Debt. We will also discuss implementing an effective process to make sure that your MVP will be built on time and on target.
An early look at how UK government could adapt to increasing use of mobile, particularly SMS messages, and support e.g. reminders for doctor's appointments
Nothing New Under The Sun ... Well, not really. Modern technology delivery is moving faster than ever before, especially in large scale Public Sector organisations. The biggest new challenge is managing the gaps between technologies, suppliers and organisations.
The original pitch for what DotP - a common content management system for UK government - might do for its customers, government departments. July 2002.
Online government and its challenges including a preview of some of the UK's first attempt at analysing what real people wanted from online government via ukonline
In an age of increasing Participationand Consumerisation how do you “Sell [online] Security To The Board”?
The Participation Age … Consumerisation … More devices … From more places … Doing more things …
More “virtualisation” … More involved architectures
... Eventually simplifying to grids for some …
More off-shoring … More 3rd parties connecting to your network … More transactions … More customers
But not enough Management Tools … Too many products … Too little integration to create a known outcome
How will your board grapple with the increasing exposure … what do you need to tell them?
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
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.
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
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
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.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
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.
FIDO Alliance Osaka Seminar: Passkeys at Amazon.pdf
Testers Qbit Conference 19.09.2007 Web
1. do testers really thrive at night? Alan Mather QBIT Test Expo 19.09.2007 www.diverdiver.com/egovblog.html To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan and … not quite enough time
7. 4. we have a highly skilled “can do” team Tester Programme Director Project Manager Account Manager’s Lackey Ops Manager Account Manager Health and Safety HR Service Manager Test Manager Commercial Director
8. 5. the customer has clear requirements Special To Hint Urgent circumstance or door is take placed out to break down for hour, please draw apart this to revolve the red solution to lock the pole
9. the inevitable reality the design team’s plan the test team’s plan Programme Starts Design Starts Build Starts Testing Starts Deliver On-Time Deliver Early Testing Starts Test Planning Expectation Gap test plan? we need one of those?
10.
11. or worse … resort to … drive by testing got to deliver
12. so what are we going to do about it? help! I’m just the customer
13. build for the long term Today’s sexiest technology is tomorrow’s legacy (if it even works)