https://rouanw.com/posts Rouan is a software engineer and technical leader, who helps build outstanding teams and high-quality software. en-us rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-lean-agile-edinburgh-2025-ship-show-ask https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-lean-agile-edinburgh-2025-ship-show-ask A talk from the February 2025 Lean Agile Edinburgh Meetup on the Ship/Show/Ask branching strategy. Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsOutstanding teams https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-lean-agile-scotland-2024-ship-show-ask https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-lean-agile-scotland-2024-ship-show-ask A talk from Lean Agile Scotland 2024 on Ship/Show/Ask — a branching strategy that balances speed and collaboration. Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsOutstanding teams https://rouanw.com/posts/ship-show-ask https://rouanw.com/posts/ship-show-ask A modern branching strategy that combines the features of Pull Requests with the ability to keep shipping changes. Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsOutstanding teams https://rouanw.com/posts/how-to-set-up-your-first-software-deployment-pipeline https://rouanw.com/posts/how-to-set-up-your-first-software-deployment-pipeline A deployment pipeline is your preflight checklist for getting code to production. Here are three key steps to get started. Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsHigh-quality software https://rouanw.com/posts/40-great-resources-release-velocity https://rouanw.com/posts/40-great-resources-release-velocity It doesn't matter how quickly you can build software if you can't get it in front of users. Here's a roundup of the most useful resources for improving your release velocity. Fri, 22 May 2020 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsHigh-quality software https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-lean-agile-scotland-2019-qa-in-production https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-lean-agile-scotland-2019-qa-in-production A talk from Lean Agile Scotland 2019 on using production monitoring as a quality strategy — and how to fail better when things go wrong. Tue, 01 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) High-quality softwareDevOps https://rouanw.com/posts/why-your-devops-transformation-is-failing https://rouanw.com/posts/why-your-devops-transformation-is-failing Is your organisation stuck with outdated modes of working and struggling to innovate? DevOps alone is not enough—here is why. Thu, 21 Jun 2018 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsOutstanding teams https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-devconf-2018-production-incident https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-devconf-2018-production-incident A talk from DevConf 2018 on investigating production incidents — what they reveal about your systems and how to learn from them. Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) High-quality softwareDevOps https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-agile-africa-2017-qa-in-production https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-agile-africa-2017-qa-in-production A talk from Agile Africa 2017 on production monitoring as a quality strategy — the tests you never wrote and what to use instead. Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) High-quality softwareDevOps https://rouanw.com/posts/3-production-qa-practices-that-will-save-your-business-money https://rouanw.com/posts/3-production-qa-practices-that-will-save-your-business-money A set of techniques that focus on fostering a keen awareness of what the actual issues are in production. Wed, 14 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) codeHigh-quality softwareDevOps https://rouanw.com/posts/5-ways-to-cheat-the-software-change-curve-with-devops https://rouanw.com/posts/5-ways-to-cheat-the-software-change-curve-with-devops DevOps practices can push the boundaries further, reducing the cost of change dramatically. Wed, 07 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsHigh-quality software https://rouanw.com/posts/qa-in-production https://rouanw.com/posts/qa-in-production Things always go wrong in production, but this doesn't have to be a bad thing. Here's how to use production as a quality signal. Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) High-quality softwareDevOps https://rouanw.com/posts/devops-culture https://rouanw.com/posts/devops-culture Even with the best tools, DevOps is just another buzzword if you don't have the right culture. Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsOutstanding teams https://rouanw.com/posts/dont-be-a-devops-hero https://rouanw.com/posts/dont-be-a-devops-hero Even as they focus on breaking down silos, the teams formed to champion DevOps end up becoming silos themselves. Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsOutstanding teams https://rouanw.com/posts/3-devops-techniques-for-stress-free-release-management https://rouanw.com/posts/3-devops-techniques-for-stress-free-release-management Thanks to an explosion of DevOps tools and techniques, releasing new features no longer needs to be stressful. Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsHigh-quality software https://rouanw.com/posts/killer-dashboards https://rouanw.com/posts/killer-dashboards How many people are using your website right now? Which features are their favorites? Create the right dashboards and you will have the answers all around you, all the time. Fri, 26 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsHigh-quality software https://rouanw.com/posts/11-ideas-to-crank-your-deployment-pipeline-to-11 https://rouanw.com/posts/11-ideas-to-crank-your-deployment-pipeline-to-11 11 ideas you can use to give your deployment pipeline that extra push. Tue, 03 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsHigh-quality software https://rouanw.com/posts/running-the-gauntlet-setting-up-your-first-deployment-pipeline https://rouanw.com/posts/running-the-gauntlet-setting-up-your-first-deployment-pipeline Make shipping easier with a deployment pipeline. Tue, 13 Oct 2015 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) DevOpsHigh-quality software https://rouanw.com/posts/four-attributes-agile-business https://rouanw.com/posts/four-attributes-agile-business Building software is something your business needs to do well. Here are four attributes that distinguish the organisations that get it right. Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) Outstanding teamsDevOps https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-agile-africa-2014-four-attributes https://rouanw.com/posts/talk-agile-africa-2014-four-attributes A talk from Agile Africa 2014 on the four attributes that define businesses that build software well — and how to develop them. Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT rouan.wilsenach@bourne-leisure.co.uk (Rouan Wilsenach) Outstanding teamsDevOps