by Stephen Kuenzli | Feb 15, 2019 | DevOps, Strategy, Systems
‘Lunch’ This is the final piece of a three-part series introducing the Principles and Value of DevOps. I am excited and relieved that after 15 years of trying to discover, learn, apply, and teach these practices, that we have matured so that it’s... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Feb 8, 2019 | AWS, Security, Strategy, Systems
I used Wardley mapping this morning to explore ideas I have for improving the development and review of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy changes. I’d like to share the internals of that mapping process with you to give you an illustrated example.... by Stephen Kuenzli | Feb 7, 2019 | Strategy, Systems
I think Wardley Mapping is a fascinating and effective way to describe a system and develop a strategy to evolve it. Wardley Mapping has a growing community of practice with many ways to learn and participate. Here are the ones I know about (and I’d love to hear... 
by Stephen Kuenzli | Feb 6, 2019 | Cloud, Strategy, Systems
In The Promise of Clouds and Optionality, I said: Cloud providers are competing to offer high quality services that meet their customers’ needs at decreasing cost and increasing scale. They want you to offload whatever you consider undifferentiated heavy lifting... 