What Is IT Governance? Understanding From First Principles
IT governance is a thought framework that makes sure information technology systems provide the value an organization needs and limits the risks that come with using…
What Is Predictive Analytics and How Can It Help You?
Organizations have more data under their control than ever before. But as the Internet of Things starts growing and 5G networks come online, the age of…
Deployment Planning: Everything You Need for Success
The key to success for every enterprise project is a well-thought-out plan. One of the biggest mistakes that most teams make is having practices in place…
Release Management Process and Best Practices
Enterprise software delivery is a complex process aiming to deliver multiple high-quality product releases quickly. Throughout the software delivery life cycle (SDLC) release management is one…
ITIL V4 Change Management in 2019: Everything You Need to Know
Change. Love it or hate it—and let’s be honest, most of us hate it—it will always be a big part of working in IT. IT service…
Water-Scrum-Fall is a Real, Prevalent Phenomenon
Water-Scrum-Fall is a software delivery system that sandwiches Scrum methodology between an up-front design phase and a legacy deployment mechanism. Many variations of this system exist,…
Continuous Deployment: How It Fits in Your Delivery
As a leader within your organization, you’re excited about the possibilities DevOps provides your team. Faster, more impactful changes mean more direct value delivered to your…
The Scrum Alliance: What It Is and Why It Matters
Gone are the days when traditional project management helped a company thrive. There was a time when project managers had to create a fixed scope for…
Plutora Listed on Inc. 5000 for Second Consecutive Year
In the past year we’ve been riding a wave of unprecedented interest in our Plutora products. We’ve had over 70% year-on-year growth in our sales pipeline…
Behavior-Driven Development: A Comprehensive Intro and Guide
Behavior-driven development (BDD) is several things: a language for defining the behavior of an application; a collaboration tool for engineers, testers, and product managers; and a…
User Acceptance Testing (UAT): What It Is and How to Adopt It
Have you heard of “user acceptance testing?” I’m afraid that for many of you reading this post, the answer will likely be “No.” Unlike other more…
What You Can Learn From the Hygieia Dashboard and Its Metrics
Over the last several years, software development companies have increasingly adopted DevOps workflows. According to one study, 10% of organizations had fully embraced DevOps in 2017…