Thank you Tom, I think Bimodal IT is rather different than profit vs. craft culture. Bimodal is more about /how/ you structure your product development, not /why/ you do product development.
For another view on Bimodal IT take a look at Simon Wardley's opinion on Tri-Modal Business. In his opinion, when you are inventing a product you should be moving quickly, when you have a stable product you should be moving slowly, and there is a transition between invention and stability. What he calls "Pioneers, Settlers, and Town Planners." http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/12/two-speed-it-more-i-look-worse-it-gets.html http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/10/if-you-really-want-bimodal-then-youll.html http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/on-pioneers-settlers-town-planners-and.html On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 12:40 PM Tom Perrine <[email protected]> wrote: > Gartner (yes, that Gartner) has been pushing the idea that these are > fundamentally different, and that recognizing this, and adapting is the > key. The idea that by noticing and paying attention and handling the two > "kinds" iof IT differently, you get out of the "one size must fit all". > > Mode 1 is the traditional, infrastructure, stability is more important > than speed that we're all familiar with. Good and cheap override fast. > > Mode 2 is the high speed low drag devops-y go fast at all costs. Fast and > (good|cheap, usually cheap) over stability (good). > > If you acknowledge that these kinds of environments and products are > different, you can properly manage them in different ways, even within the > same org. > > Our network and core infra folks are quite mode 1. Our Devops group that > runs code on top is very mode 2. > > *Bimodal IT is the practice of managing two separate, coherent modes of IT > delivery, one focused on stability and the other on agility. Mode 1 is > traditional and sequential, emphasizing safety and accuracy. Mode 2 is > exploratory and nonlinear, emphasizing agility and speed.* > > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:49 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I don't know how well this relates to your specific situation, Atom, but >> here is a book that comes to mind: >> >> The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master >> http://www.amazon.com/dp/020161622X >> >> Cheers, and good luck with your quest. >> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Atom Powers <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > I'm interested in books and resources about working in and creating a >> > bottom-up "craft culture" organization. Or in learning that I am now >> insane >> > and need to spend some time in a padded room without Internet. >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. --Atom Powers--
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