by Stephen Kuenzli | Apr 2, 2020 | Cloud, DevOps, Risk, Security, Strategy
Ever stared at a screenful of Cloud resources and wondered: Who owns this resource? What application does it belong to?Who should we call when the application is broken?Who should pay for this resource? Which applications are driving our costs?Do access controls... 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... 