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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO

Leonie, an agile delivery manager working in the retail industry, who only gave her first name, saw this first-hand earlier in her career. Jessie Auguste, software engineer at Cybsafe. You’ve got the responsibility of, ‘I need to perform well, because as an individual, I need to be perceived well,’” she says.

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OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) vs. KPIs (Key Performance Indicator): What’s the Difference?

Exadel

OKRs vs. KPIs both have to do with measuring performance, but they have some distinctive characteristics and curtain features that make them look different. For example, KPIs show the real state of affairs or the past results, while OKRs show the expected performance outcomes in the future. OKRs are more transparent. Previous article.

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LinearB to Provide Free DORA Metrics Dashboard

DevOps.com

LinearB's free dashboard allows users to visualize DORA metrics from within the company’s software delivery management platform.

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How to explain OKRs ( Objectives and Key Results) in plain English

Exadel

OKRs ( Objectives and Key Results) are common notions used in most IT organizations and other businesses that focus on tracking individual and team performance outcomes. Olena Kovalova, senior delivery manager at Exadel says that “OKRs are created as hypotheses made by separate teams or departments aligned to the company’s goals.

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Delivering Continuous Value: Lessons Learned About Software Delivery In Our First 20 Years

Gorilla Logic

We always coach our teams and clients, helping them on their Agile journey to becoming self-managed and high-performing teams.” —Alice Zárate, Lead Scrum Master. “ Arianna Reyes, Delivery Manager and Agile Coach. “To Gaby Zúñiga, Delivery Manager. The most important word is ‘team.’

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Working On Hitting a Release Cadence? CI/CD Observability Can Help You Get There

Honeycomb

According to the State of DevOps Report 2019, elite performers have 208 times more frequent code deployments and are 106 times faster in lead time from commit to deploy. The CI/CD phase of software delivery is receiving a lot of attention as teams are under pressure to innovate with velocity.

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What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services

CIO

MSPs can also bundle in hardware, software, or cloud technology as part of their offerings. Access to top technical and industry expertise: MSPs can also invest in technologies and expertise in ways that individual companies, especially smaller ones, cannot, resulting in greater efficiency and performance.