When performing a task, one will often be in the position to choose either doing something quickly, or doing something right. In many cases, either example is fine, as the job gets done satisfactorily. Still, I believe that you are better off with doing it right each and every time. Now, before you think I am preaching about my own level of perfection, know that this is not the case, and that I fail to do this more often than I would like to admit. This is not an admonishment; it is a level to which I aspire.
Category: DevOps
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Service Management: the importance of the right tool
The first time I worked IT support in a professional setting, I was seventeen years old. I had gotten an internship (one day per week) with my uncle’s firm as part of my third year of vocational training, and spent a day per week with them. In the beginning, I was mostly hanging out with the IT staff, not really providing much of any use to anyone.
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Reviewed: Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business
Author: David J. Anderson
Publisher: Blue Hole Press
Year: 2010
ISBN: 9780984521401 -
Reviewed: the Phoenix Project
A while back, a friend of mine tipped me off to this book, and said it was a book I should read. Here are my thoughts.