Poor data quality can cause major problems for data teams, from breaking revenue-generating data pipelines to losing the trust of data consumers. Despite the importance of data quality, many data teams still struggle to avoid these issues—especially when their data is sourced from upstream workflows outside of their control. The solution: data contracts. Data contracts enable high-quality, well-governed data assets by documenting expectations of the data, establishing ownership of data ass...

Microservices can have a positive impact on your enterprise—just ask Amazon and Netflix—but you can fall into many traps if you don’t approach them in the right way. This practical guide covers the entire microservices landscape, including the principles, technologies, and methodologies of this unique, modular style of system building. You’ll learn about the experiences of organizations around the globe that have successfully adopted microservices.In three parts, this book explains...

Software architecture metrics are key to the maintainability and architectural quality of a software project and they can warn you about dangerous accumulations of architectural and technical debt early in the process. In this practical book, leading hands-on software architects share case studies to introduce metrics that every software architect should know.This isn't a book about theory. It's more about practice and implementation, about what has already been tried and worked. D...

"If you're looking for solid, easy-to-follow advice on estimation, requirements gathering, managing change, and more, you can stop now: this is the book for you." --Scott Berkun, Author of The Art of Project ManagementWhat makes software projects succeed? It takes more than a good idea and a team of talented programmers. A project manager needs to know how to guide the team through the entire software project. There are common pitfalls that plague all software projects and...

This succinct book explains how you can apply the practices of Lean software development to dramatically increase productivity and quality. Based on techniques that revolutionized Japanese manufacturing, Lean principles are being applied successfully to product design, engineering, the supply chain, and now software development. With The Art of Lean Software Development, you'll learn how to adopt Lean practices one at a time rather than taking on the entire methodology at once. As...

Discover how the DevOps approach with Scaled Agile Framework helps you develop and deliver high-quality, secured solutions with a reduced risk of production failures with this step-by-step guideKey FeaturesExplore the five elements of the CALMR approach to avoid product development challengesUse value stream management to introduce systems thinking and flow for product developmentDemonstrate how the CD pipeline combines practices...

Gain insight and strategic advice for driving value in your organization with this practical guide that condenses a decade of ServiceNow wisdom into the must-know essentials for impactful deploymentsKey FeaturesFocus on what to do when shaping and leading a ServiceNow journeyExplore strategies for making your projects impactful and valuableGuidance for leaders at every level to maximize return on their investments in ServiceNowBoo...

Explore modern data engineering techniques and best practices to build scalable, efficient, and future-proof data processing systems across cloud platformsKey FeaturesArchitect and engineer optimized data solutions in the cloud with best practices for performance and cost-effectivenessExplore design patterns and use cases to balance roles, technology choices, and processes for a future-proof designLearn from experts to avoid common pitfalls in ...

Continuous Architecture provides a broad architectural perspective for continuous delivery, and describes a new architectural approach that supports and enables it. As the pace of innovation and software releases increases, IT departments are tasked to deliver value quickly and inexpensively to their business partners. With a focus on getting software into end-users hands faster, the ultimate goal of daily software updates is in sight to allow teams to ensure that they can release every ch...

Successfully Implement High-Value Configuration Management Processes in Any Development EnvironmentAs IT systems have grown increasingly complex and mission-critical, effective configuration management (CM) has become critical to an organization’s success. Using CM best practices, IT professionals can systematically manage change, avoiding unexpected problems introduced by changes to hardware, software, or networks. Now, today’s best CM practices have been gathered...

Learn everything you need to know to manage data as a product and shift toward a more modular and decentralized socio-technical data architecture to deliver business value in an incremental, measurable, and sustainable way Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesLeverage data-as-product to unlock the modular platform potential and fix flaws in traditional monolithic architecturesLearn how to identify, i...

Explore the methodologies and reasons behind successful legacy application moves to a hyper-space cloud, specifically Azure Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey FeaturesDiscover tips and tricks to help you avoid common pitfalls and get up and running quicklyGain in-depth end-to-end knowledge of all things cloud to smoothen your learning journeyExplore everything from formulating a plan to governing the cloud over th...