Category Archives: Technology Trends

Upstream

Posted on August 1, 2020 by

By Dick Stark I took a few days off last week to visit family and started Dan Heath’s latest book, Upstream,I’m a Chip and Dan Heath fan, having previously read Switch (how to change things when change is hard) and Made to Stick (about … Continue reading →

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Getting Agile to Scale in the Public Sector

Posted on June 30, 2020 by

By Dick Stark A coworker just forwarded me an article, “Getting to Agile at Scale in the Public Sector.” Written by six Directors/Partners from the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), the article focused on the drivers and progress Agile has made … Continue reading →

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Report from the ATARC Virtual Summit

Posted on June 16, 2020 by

By Dick Stark Last Thursday RightStar exhibited at the ATARC virtual summit: “The Role of Emerging Technology in the Federal Emergency Response.” We offered a free Agility Assessment from Agility Health, information about Jira Align, and new content around project … Continue reading →

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How to Manage Your IT Assets with Jira Service Desk

Posted on May 26, 2020 by

By Dick Stark On Thursday, May 20, RightStar presented, a webinar, “How to Manage Your IT Assets with Jira Service Desk.” In that session we described how to manage assets and Configuration Items (CIs) using a Configuration Management Database (CMDB). … Continue reading →

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The Unicorn Project, Part 3

Posted on April 23, 2020 by

By Dick Stark In case you missed my previous blog articles, Part 1 of the Unicorn Project reviewed the early failures of “Phoenix” from the Dev rather than the Ops perspective. (Remember the Phoenix Project is Gene Kim’s prior book … Continue reading →

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Report from Atlassian’s Virtual Summit

Posted on April 13, 2020 by

By Dick Stark and Alan Reynolds Instead of a live Las Vegas Atlassian Summit, Atlassian hosted a virtual event April 1 and 2. Although it is not clear how many showed up, Atlassin reported that more than 25.000 registered for … Continue reading →

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The Unicorn Project, Part 2

Posted on March 31, 2020 by

By Dick Stark To refresh, Part 1 of the Unicorn Project reviewed the early failures of “Phoenix” from the Dev rather than the Ops perspective. Here the main character is Maxine, a very successful architect/developer who has just been “exiled” … Continue reading →

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Agile Change Management

Posted on December 9, 2019 by

By Dick Stark Last Week, RightStar emailed its customer base a Forrester Report, “Change Management: Let’s Get Back to Basics,” by Forrester Analyst Charles Betz. Given the focus on Agile and Continuous Deployment, Change is not the Change Management of … Continue reading →

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Report from the Tampa BMC Helix Remedyforce User Group Meeting

Posted on October 7, 2019 by

By Dick Stark Last Thursday I attended the BMC Helix Remedyforce (Rf) User Group Meeting held at the BMC Tampa office. This is one a series of Rf user groups that BMC is hosting (the previous meeting was held in … Continue reading →

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Report from BMC Helix Immersion Days

Posted on September 23, 2019 by

By Dick Stark Last week, I attended (and RightStar helped sponsor), the BMC Helix Immersion Days Conference in Santa Clara, California, near BMC’s Helix Office. BMC is now back in the annual BMC user conference business.  The result was more … Continue reading →

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