Perfection and Why You Need to be Specific in Your Requirements

Apparently, the American computer giant IBM decided to have some parts manufactured in Japan as a trial. In the specifications, they set standard that they will accept only three defective pieces per 10,000 pieces.

When the delivery came to IBM there was a letter accompanying it.

“We, Japanese people, had a hard time understanding North American business practices. But the three defective parts per 10,000 pieces have been separately manufactured and have been included in the consignment in a separate package mentioned — ‘Defective pieces as required; not for use.’ Hope this meets your requirement”

In Some Workplaces Perfection is a Habit, Not An Attitude!

 

Continuous delivery vs Continuous deployment

As I’m reading a very interesting book about Continuous Delivery for (Jez Humble and David Farley).

The last years I have been keen on introducing parts of continuous development to teamsI worked in… It fascinated me how confusing it is to understand all those terms.

You hear the term we do have Continuous Delivery because we are using “Jenkins”, “Bamboo” or “Teamcity”, and that confuses…

I decided to dig in more and understand the basics of Continuous delivery in 7 minutes 🙂

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