John Willis

Helen Beal

Andres Vega

Bill Bensing

Jason Cox

Michael Edenzon

Tapabrata Pal

Caleb Queern

John Rzezotarski

In the vein of business tales The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, Investments Unlimited brings to life how organizations can rethink the issue of governance to delivery business value faster, easier, and safer. The goal of Investments Unlimited is to radically rethink governance. By introducing concepts, tools, and ideas to reimagine governance, this book will catalyze a more humane way to enable high-velocity software delivery that inspires trust and is inherently more secure. Investments Unlimited tells the story of a fictional company in the financial sector, but the same tale can be told about any industry or enterprise that deals with governance. As readers travel through this narrative, they will pick up modern ways to view, deploy, use, and survive governance in a fun way that helps deliver organizational objectives. Ultimately, making it easier for organizations to deliver business value faster, easier, safer, and happier.

Investments Unlimited

Topo Pal

IT governance in the enterprise is hard. Regardless of the reaction you have to the concept itself, there is a great deal of difficulty in doing governance well. Like any process, governance seeks to provide controls to safeguard the treasures that a company holds of value, which includes people, data, brands, and products. Sadly, the execution of governance in practice often creates massive friction, frustration, and failure for the teams attempting to deliver value for their organizations. This book tells a story about a fictional company named Investments Unlimited, Inc. (IUI) in the financial sector. But the same tale can be told about any industry or enterprise that deals with governance. The goal of this book is to radically rethink governance. By introducing concepts, tools, and ideas to reimagine governance, we seek to catalyze a more humane way to enable high-velocity software delivery that inspires trust and is inherently more secure. As you travel through this narrative, we hope you pick up modern ways to view, deploy, use, and survive governance in a fun way that helps deliver organizational objectives. And ultimately, what you take away makes it easier for you to deliver business value faster, easier, safer, and happier.

A Novel About DevOps, Security, Audit Compliance, and Thriving in the Digital Age

Cecil 'Gary' Rupp

A practical guide to implementing Value Stream Management to guide your strategic investments in DevOps capabilities and deliver customer-centric value quickly and economically Key Features Address DevOps implementation issues, including culture, toolchain costs, improving work and information flows, and product team alignment Implement proven VSM methodology to improve IT value stream flows Leverage VSM platforms to view, analyze, and improve end-to-end value delivery Book Description Value Stream Management (VSM) opens the door to maximizing your DevOps pipeline investments by improving flows and eliminating waste. VSM and DevOps together deliver value stream improvements across enterprises for a competitive advantage in the digital world. Driving DevOps with Value Stream Management provides a comprehensive review and analysis of industry-proven VSM methods and tools to integrate, streamline, and orchestrate activities within a DevOps-oriented value stream. You'll start with an introduction to the concepts of delivering value and understand how VSM methods and tools support improved value delivery from a Lean production perspective. The book covers the complexities of implementing modern CI/CD and DevOps pipelines and then guides you through an eight-step VSM methodology with the help of a use case showing an Agile team's efforts to install a CI/CD pipeline. Free from marketing hype or vendor bias, this book presents the current VSM tool vendors and customer use cases that showcase their products' strengths. As you advance through the book, you'll learn four approaches to implementing a DevOps pipeline and get guidance on choosing the best fit. By the end of this VSM book, you'll be ready to develop and execute a plan to streamline your software delivery pipelines and improve your organization's value stream delivery. What you will learn Integrate Agile, systems thinking, and lean development to deliver customer-centric value Find out how to choose the most appropriate value stream for your initial and follow-on VSM projects Establish better flows with integrated, automated, and orchestrated DevOps and CI/CD pipelines Apply a proven eight-step VSM methodology to drive lean IT value stream improvements Discover the key strengths of modern VSM tools and their customer use case scenarios Understand how VSM drives DevOps pipeline improvements and value delivery transformations across enterprises Who this book is for This book will help corporate executives, managers, IT team members, and other stakeholders involved in digital business transformations to improve the flow of customer value through their IT-based value streams. It will provide you with the practical guidance you need while adopting Lean-Agile, Value Stream Management, and DevOps capabilities on an enterprise scale to enable business agility. A basic understanding of how CI/CD and DevOps pipelines improve software delivery capabilities via integrated and automated toolchains will help you to make the most of the book.

Improve IT value stream delivery with a proven VSM methodology to compete in the digital economy

Driving DevOps with Value Stream Management

Helen Beal

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