{"id":202,"date":"2020-08-27T10:53:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/redmonk.com\/kfitzpatrick\/?p=202"},"modified":"2022-03-24T15:48:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T19:48:01","slug":"communication-collaboration-and-devops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/kfitzpatrick\/2020\/08\/27\/communication-collaboration-and-devops\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication, Collaboration, and DevOps: an Episode of the SDLF"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I gave the keynote for an episode<\/a> of the Software Delivery Leadership Forum<\/a>, a discussion series that sponsor CloudBees describes as follows:<\/p>\n

The Software Delivery Leadership Forum (SDLF) is a series of online, open and interactive events focused on topics related to DevOps and Continuous Delivery. Each episode starts with a keynote presentation by an industry expert, followed by a live interactive Q&A to encourage shared growth and continuous learning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CloudBees launched the series a few months ago, partly to try out a new communicative and collaborative format as a response to COVID-19 curtailing travel and in-person meetings. I was therefore delighted when series host and organizer Sam Fell<\/a> asked me to keynote a session on \u201cCommunication, Collaboration, and Rapid Response through Software<\/a>.\u201d The session abstract:<\/p>\n

Communication and collaboration are critical to success in any software organization. Today, in the face of extreme disruption, they are even more critical. Join us to learn how organizations are using DevOps principles and practices to respond rapidly to changing needs and unprecedented demand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In short, this was an opportunity to get meta: to collaborate about collaboration, to communicate my ideas about communication, and to kick off a discussion about what DevOps in particular and software in general has to do with it, all delivered via software.<\/p>\n

The Collaboration<\/h1>\n

I wanted the keynote itself to be collaborative, and I also wanted a film that I could use to exemplify different aspects of communication (media, modes, synchronicity). I also wanted something that invoked medievalism because 1) I am a medievalist who works at a firm called RedMonk<\/a> 2) I wanted communicative examples that were not associated with either work or the tech industry (for clarity and also for a mental rest) 3) I needed to set the stage for a brief history of communication technologies. And so I turned to Twitter for advice on selecting the film<\/a> and a specific meme<\/a>, and thus Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/i> found its way into my talk.<\/p>\n

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Finalizing slides for my Aug 20 #SDLF<\/a> talk for @cloudbees<\/a>
and I could use some help:<\/p>\n

What is your favorite Monty Python meme?<\/p>\n

— Dr KellyAnn Fitzpatrick (@drkellyannfitz) August 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n