The Cursed Pyramid of Agility and DevOps

Have you ever been confronted by your manager with a question like, “Have you completed your app project? Why is it not done yet? I was expecting it to be finished yesterday!”

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Drawing from my extensive two-decade background in the IT sector, encompassing a diverse range of enterprises that are in the process of fully integrating software into their core competencies, spanning industries as prominent as banking / payment, insurance, supply chain management, marketing, and even #GreenTech, I have conceived what I call the

#CursedPyramidOfAgilityAndDevOps

In essence, this pyramid illustrates the following:

1. At the pinnacle are the CIOs, CTOs, and top-level management who are primarily concerned with the end #result: the completion status of the project by the specified deadline. Other aspects hold minimal interest; the focus is on the ‘D date.’ Notably, #cost considerations outweigh quality factors at this level.

2. The intermediate stratum encompasses middle management. Here, luck may grant you a supportive project manager who shields you from the routine inquiries of upper management. Conversely…