Table of Contents
Figures ix
Tables xii
Foreword Dr. Bhaskar Ghosh xiii
Preface xv
Introduction How We Got Here xxiii
Part A Creating the Right Ecosystem
Chapter 1 The Roadmap to Transformation 3
Chapter 2 Accepting the Multispeed Reality (for Now) 27
Chapter 3 Dealing with Software Packages and Software Vendors 45
Chapter 4 Finding the Right Partner 59
Part B The People and Organizational Dimension
Chapter 5 Context is King 81
Chapter 6 Structuring Yourself for Success 99
Chapter 7 From Testers to Quality Engineers 115
Chapter 8 Managing People, Not Resources 131
Part C Technology and Architecture Aspects
Chapter 9 Different Delivery Models 143
Chapter 10 Application Architecture and Microservices 165
Chapter 11 Running Applications and Your DevOps Tools Efficiently 179
Chapter 12 The Cloud 191
Conclusion Being a Knowledge Worker 203
Appendix A Closer Look at the Factory Analogy 209
Resources 221
Glossary 225
Index 235
Notes 245
Acknowledgments 251
About the Author 253