The astonishing value of speed
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Argues that shortening cycle time to intraday cycle times (ideally <1 day) yields hard gains: elite performers in the State of DevOps (thousands of companies, 2019–2021) show faster delivery with equal or better quality and less burnout; automation and automation and CI/CD are required; configuration churn explains up to config complexity ~50% of solution bloat; about requirements decay 3%/month makes long projects wasteful. Recommends slicing work, removing heavy project overhead, simplifying processes and landscape, and measuring commit→production lead time.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:20Why talk
- 2:48Contact info
- 3:30Going fast
- 11:35Industrial vs Post Industrial
- 16:30The role of IT
- 22:03Automating
- 22:54Simplifying processes
- 26:01Simplifying configurations
- 30:15Simplifying organizations
- 33:45Project vs maintenance
- 37:51Do not waste money
- 43:05Business agility
- 46:03Questions
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