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9 key DevOps metrics for success

Dynatrace

As we look at today’s applications, microservices, and DevOps teams, we see leaders are tasked with supporting complex distributed applications using new technologies spread across systems in multiple locations. For most systems, an optimum MTTR could be less than one hour while others have an MTTR of less than one day.

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The Patrol Method and Self Directed Agile Teams

The Agile Manager

As part of my research into method earlier this year, I picked up a 1959 edition of the Scoutmaster's Handbook. The early editions of the Boy Scouts of America's version of the Boy Scout Handbook were mostly written by the same person, William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt , and revised over many years. Each troop works out its own way."

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The Patrol Method and Objections to Self-Directed Agile Teams

The Agile Manager

These excerpts from the 1950s edition of the Scoutmaster's Handbook will sound familiar if you've ever tried to implement a self-directed Agile team: " Some don't grasp the possibilities of the patrol method, and subsequently don't see the importance of it. " If that's the case, one can learn from the other.

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What Is Hyperautomation?

O'Reilly

meme originated in IT’s transformation from manual system administration to automated configuration management and software deployment. We could see it as an example of 1980s-style “ expert systems ,” based on deterministic business rules. Developers who are automating business systems have to determine where humans belong in the loop.

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Headless WordPress: The Ups And Downs Of Creating A Decoupled WordPress

Smashing Magazine

When it comes down to how WordPress is programmed, one thing is certain: it doesn’t follow the M odel- V iew- C ontroller (MVC) design pattern that many developers are familiar with. WordPress core developers used a system of hooks which allowed other developers to modify or extend certain functionalities. Security concerns.

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Data Mining Problems in Retail

Highly Scalable

Most of this article represents an overview of the results published by retailers and researchers who built practical decision making and optimization systems combining abstract economic models with data mining methods. A segment that consistently responds to a certain marketing program is actionable and solid. Applications.

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