collaboration catalysts tools to fuel your team
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Collaboration Catalysts – Top Tools To Fuel Your Team
John Clapham, Cotelic
We hear a lot about the DevOps tools used to tackle crucialtechnical challenges such as automation, deployment andmonitoring. But the efficacy of those tools often depends ontheir operators and how they collaborate, both with each andtheir organization.
This talk takes a look at some of the unsung heroes – the agiletools that drive collaboration, speed learning, and accelerateadoption.
John Clapham@JohnC_Bristol
Cotelic
www.cotelic.uk
Collaboration Catalysts:Top Tools to Fuel Your Team.
Today we’ll talk about..
So, what is a catalyst?
The Iodine-catalyzed cis-trans isomerization
“Catalysts did not just reduce the energy
barrier…”
“Catalysts did not just reduce the energy
barrier… but induced completely different
reaction pathways typically with multiple
energy barriers”
Bookmarks, really?
1. Curiosity prepares the brain for learning
1. Curiosity prepares the brain for learning
2. Curiosity makes subsequent learning
more rewarding.
Robots?
Asynchronous
Chat
Robot
Assistants
Asynchronous Chat
+ Robot Assistant
+ Automation
Asynchronous Chat
+ Robot Assistant
+ Automation
#ChatOps
“Bringing the work you’re already doing in
line with the conversations you’re already
having”
- James Fryman
“By placing tools directly in the middle of
the conversation, everyone is pairing all the
time”
- Jessie Newland
hubot aman - who is on duty right now
hubot oncall - who is on call overnight
hubot ship it - show a motivational squirrel
hubot klink [command] - list severs, get
environment information
hubot kafka - query information from kafka
via zookeeper
But wait…
But wait…
…ChatOps goes beyond efficiencies
Institutionalised knowledge resides in code,
not fragile humans:
Institutionalised knowledge resides in code,
not fragile humans:
- Encourages inspection and collaboration
Institutionalised knowledge resides in code,
not fragile humans:
- Encourages inspection and collaboration
- Reduces dependency on project heroes
Institutionalised knowledge resides in code,
not fragile humans:
- Encourages inspection and collaboration
- Reduces dependency on project heroes
- Enables learning through practice
Index cards? seriously?
Kanban (for thought work) principles..
Kanban (for thought work) principles..
- Visualise Workflow
Kanban (for thought work) principles..
- Visualise Workflow
- Limit work in progress
Kanban (for thought work) principles..
- Visualise Workflow
- Limit work in progress
- Focus on completion
Got a change agenda?
Start with what you do now…
Start with what you do now…
…and improve
Reflections…
Collaboration catalysts often share the
same qualities:
- Simple
Collaboration catalysts often share the
same qualities:
- Simple
- Visual
Collaboration catalysts often share the
same qualities:
- Simple
- Visual
- Viewable by everyone
Collaboration catalysts often share the
same qualities:
- Simple
- Visual
- Viewable by everyone
- Easy to enhance (to reflect learning)
Collaboration catalysts often share the
same qualities:
- Simple
- Visual
- Viewable by everyone
- Easy to enhance (to reflect learning)
- Community ownership
There are loads of powerful tools out there
to solve tough technical problems…
…but they don’t always just work…
Their success, or failure, often depends on
how their operators collaborate…
Their success, or failure, often depends on
how their operators collaborate…
…the right tools will serve as catalysts
What will you choose?
John Clapham@JohnC_Bristol
Cotelic
www.cotelic.uk
Thanks!
Further reading…
My blog, Erratic Mumblings:
http://johnclapham.wordpress.com/
My Slideshare:http://www.slideshare.net/john.clapham/presentations
Bath Scrum User Group (Not just in Bath, and not just for Scrum!)
http://www.meetup.com/Bath-Scrum-User-Group/
Further reading…
ChatOps Technology and Philosophy, James Fryman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhzxnY7FIvg
ChatOps at GitHub, Jessie Newland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NST3u-GjjFw
Kanban for Ops Teams (New Relic)
http://blog.newrelic.com/2014/03/12/kanban-for-ops-teams/
Why curiosity enhances learning
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/why-curiosity-enhances-learning-marianne-stenger
Automation and monitoring with Hubot – Tomas Varaneckas
https://leanpub.com/automation-and-monitoring-with-hubot
Images…ChatOps – Technology & Philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhzxnY7FIvg
Book Mark – Quinn Dombrowski
https://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/6945219745
The Hughinator
http://www.worth1000.com/entries/510056/the-hughinator
Single Scientist
https://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/7831537942
Scientist, large machine
https://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/7831536978
Many Scientists – Philip McMaster
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonpreneur/3291457329
Images (cont)…Smug scientist
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wistechcolleges/7221593804
Scientist, green machine
https://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/7831537250/in/photostream/
Kanban Board
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kanban_tool/15817131058
Shop Kanban
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kawade/442024494
Scientist, large machine
https://www.flickr.com/photos/argonne/7831536978
Shop Kanban, car
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kawade/440538166