by Stephen Kuenzli | Mar 17, 2020 | DevOps, Strategy, Systems
I hope that you and your family are safe and healthy. COVID-19 is forcing many organizations to change long-standing policies and processes very quickly under great uncertainty. I’d like to help you navigate through those changes, especially if you support... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 8, 2020 | AWS, Cloud, DevOps, Infrastructure As Code, Strategy
When I architected my SaaS’ deployment platform and delivery pipeline, I specifically sought to: maximize Aspects of a High Performance Software Delivery Processminimize components and platforms and offload as much undifferentiated, heavy lifting to focus my... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Jan 6, 2020 | DevOps, Infrastructure As Code, Strategy
To escape The DevOps Organization Build Trap, I suggested that you minimize the distinct sets of components your organization uses to deliver and operate software. Those components represent a dependency tree and are integrated, enhanced, and worked-around by your... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Dec 27, 2019 | Strategy, Systems
My hope is that this post will help you reach your own goals in 2020. I attained several long-term professional goals in 2019 and I’d like to share the key practices for how I did that to help you along your way. We’ll return to Cloud, Security, and DevOps... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Dec 23, 2019 | Strategy
‘Solo’ by NASA Joe Contrera is a leadership coach friend of mine and we just had a lively discussion about why so many strategic technology decisions look bad in hindsight and organizational transformations fail. He asked a great question: How technical do... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Nov 27, 2019 | DevOps, Strategy, Systems
The Unicorn Project tells the transformation story of Parts Unlimited first described in The Phoenix Project through a different set of people and with a different focus. These characters, their story, and the focus on The Five Ideals a compelling way to learn about... 