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Jonny Williams — What is Delivery Management?

2 years ago 57:07

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Jonny Williams works at Red Hat as an agile Delivery Lead, and he joins Tiny DevOps to cut through the confusion surrounding "Delivery Management".

In this episode...

What is "Delivery Management"?
The discipline vs the role
Comparisons to Product Management, Agile, Lean, Scrum, ITIL, and ITSM
History of Delivery Management
How does Delivery Management fit into "Agile"?
Where is Delivery Management most popular?
How can you start benefiting from the Delivery Management discipline in your organization?
How to get started as a Delivery Manager
Who should avoid Delivery Management

Guest
Jonny Williams, Agile Delivery Lead at Red Hat
Web site: https://delivervalue.uk/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonny-williams-83433836/

Resources
Book: Delivery Management: Enabling Teams to Deliver Value

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Jonny Williams — What is Delivery Management?

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published 2 years ago

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Jonny Williams works at Red Hat as an agile Delivery Lead, and he joins Tiny DevOps to cut through the confusion surrounding "Delivery Management".

In this episode...

What is "Delivery Management"?
The discipline vs the role
Comparisons to Product Management, Agile, Lean, Scrum, ITIL, and ITSM
History of Delivery Management
How does Delivery Management fit into "Agile"?
Where is Delivery Management most popular?
How can you start benefiting from the Delivery Management discipline in your organization?
How to get started as a Delivery Manager
Who should avoid Delivery Management

Guest
Jonny Williams, Agile Delivery Lead at Red Hat
Web site: https://delivervalue.uk/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonny-williams-83433836/

Resources
Book: Delivery Management: Enabling Teams to Deliver Value

Watch this episode on YouTube.

52 episodes

#Tech #Jonathan Hall #Software Development #Programming #Podcasting Education #DevOps #Continuous Delivery #Continuous Integration #Cicd

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Jonny Williams — What is Delivery Management? 57:07

2 years ago57:07

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Jonny Williams works at Red Hat as an agile Delivery Lead, and he joins Tiny DevOps to cut through the confusion surrounding "Delivery Management". In this episode... What is "Delivery Management"? The discipline vs the role Comparisons to Product Management, Agile, Lean, Scrum, ITIL, and ITSM History of Delivery Management How does Delivery Management fit into "Agile"? Where is Delivery Management most popular? How can you start benefiting from the Delivery Management discipline in your organization? How to get started as a Delivery Manager Who should avoid Delivery Management Guest Jonny Williams, Agile Delivery Lead at Red Hat Web site: https://delivervalue.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonny-williams-83433836/ Resources Book: Delivery Management: Enabling Teams to Deliver Value Watch this episode on YouTube.…

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