Why Banks and Insurers Must Invest in Data and CDOs
By BreakFree Solutions Data has become a vital component for businesses across all industries. With the advent of digitalization and the...
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Where BreakFree experts share their wisdom, experience, and knowledge.
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Optimizing your Digital Execution Engine – A Guide for Banks, Insurers, & Financial Institutions
By Bradley Clerkin Most enterprises have defined critical digital business targets and worry their digital engineering engine doesn’t...
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To Adopt DevOps, You Need a Game Plan
Through the DevOps Playbook Framework, enablement teams now exactly how to support the adoption of this core capability By Bradley...
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Avoid Pitfalls with Our Roadmap
6 critical steps for optimizing DevOps, Agile, and Cloud By Bradley Clerkin, CTO You need the right road map to get you where you want to...
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How NOT to Do DevOps
To get the most value from DevOps, top enterprises avoid these 6 pitfalls By Bradley Clerkin, CTO By now, you’ve probably seen hundreds...
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Understanding Pre- and Post-Digital Operating Models
It’s not a transition, but an expansion of the IT operating model By Bradley Clerkin, CTO To have the most success from digital...
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Service Requests Mentality is a Blocker to Digital
IT must become a partner and enabler of digital — not a service provider By Bradley Clerkin, BreakFree Solutions CTO Becoming digitally...
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Do Devs Not Want to Do Ops?
Leaders who look to separate dev from ops may be missing the point. Should development and operations be separated again?
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Streamlining the Value Stream Mapping Process
When working with clients on their digital product initiatives, one of the first things we often do is create a value stream map (VSM).
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Reviewing Backlogs to Promote Functionality
A functional backlog supports the PO’s vision and allows the team to bring that vision to life. By BreakFree Solutions To be productive,...
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Is Your Team Cross-Functional or Multi-Functional?
When looking to speed up production times, cross-functional teams are the superior structure. By BreakFree Solutions Staff Many use the...
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The Digital Triad: DevOps, Agile and Cloud
You must operationalize all three By Bradley Clerkin The digital operating model for CIOs must include the triad of DevOps, Agile, and...
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DevOps Do’s and Don’t’s
A fundamental misunderstanding of DevOps is why so many companies get it wrong By Bradley Clerkin I recently stumbled across an article...
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How to Best Use Your Talents in Scrum
Each Myers Briggs personality type has different strengths they can use through Scrum methodology By Sara Fauver, Senior Solutions...
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Effective Application of Scrum Techniques and Tools
There are many different tools and techniques that can be used in Scrum — but not all teams should consider all tools all the time in...
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5 Cloud Enablement Musts
By BreakFree Solutions Staff Digital is built on the cloud; how you enable cloud usage matters. You must enable broad and effective...
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SRE: DevOps’ Little Brother?
SRE may be hiding in DevOps' shadow but it’s equally important for digitally capable organizations By BreakFree Solutions Staff Most...
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How to Stop Sabotaging Your IT initiatives
Using the Simple Sabotage Field Manual as a guide of what NOT to do and share some strategies we perform consistently at BreakFree.
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Taking the Pain out of Documentation
You have just finished developing your code. Now you must finish the documentation before you can release.
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How to Create Successful Sample Apps
Empower your platform team with safe and effective experience By Bradley Clerkin, BreakFree Solutions CTO At BreakFree, we build awesome...
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