About Me
Assaf Stone
My name is Assaf Stone. I'm a senior ALM consultant in Microsoft's Premier Support for Developers Team. When not being kept busy by work, my wife, or my four kids, I like to practice archery, read books, and listen to 70's and 80's rock music. I would also like to just relax, if I had any more spare time!
Tag Archives: DevOps
DevOps and Your Definition of Done
Regardless of the agile methodology you are using to drive your software development efforts, you should have an explicit definition of done. I say explicitly, because you will always have one – whether you define it or not. Regardless of … Continue reading
Posted in Agile, Definition of Done, DevOps, Scrum
Tagged Agile, Definition of Done, DevOps, Retrospective, Scrum
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WIP Your Product into Shape
What is WIP? WIP simply means work in process (also sometimes, Work In Progress). This metric simply measures how many items (features, stories, backlog items, tasks) your team have started to develop, but have yet to complete. In other words, … Continue reading
Posted in Agile, Productivity, Scrum, Self Management, Team, Uncategorized, VSTS
Tagged Agile, DevOps, Kanban, Lean, Scrum, Team, VSTS
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5 Ways to Reduce the Impact of Failure
In the previous post we discussed risk management, how many of us manage it today by attempting to control the likelihood of failure, and why we should instead focus on reducing the impact of failures, as a way to manage … Continue reading
Risk: You’re Managing it Wrong!
No offense, but despite your best intentions, you might not be handling risk properly. In this day and age, everything is software-dependent; even if you do not consider yourself a “software-firm” per-se, even if you are just running a small … Continue reading
