An interview with Gene Kim (IT Revolution Press, co-author of The DevOps Handbook), Kaimar Karu (Head of Product Strategy & Development at AXELOS) and Kevin Behr (co-author of The Phoenix Project) recorded at the DevOps Enterprise Summit (DOES) 2016 in San Francisco, shortly after the partnership was announced. 

They discuss the joint partnership between IT Revolution Press and AXELOS, their vision for the DevOps Awareness Training and how they believe it will add value to the DevOps and IT service management communities.

AXELOS Announcement from the DevOps Enterprise Summit

In this recording, Kevin Behr from PraxisFlow joins Kaimar Karu and Akshay Anand from AXELOS to discuss the need for ITIL and IT Service Management (ITSM) capabilities to align with DevOps practices.

Specifically they talk about the history of ITIL and IT Service Management (ITSM) adoption as well as organizational theory and design, Conway’s law, and silos in Service Management organizations. The panel also cover the theory of constraints and local optimization and the dangers of losing sight of customer value when focusing on processes and speed of product development.

Aligning DevOps and ITIL - AXELOS second interview from DevOps Enterprise Summit 2016

Recorded at itSMF Estonia in December 2016, AXELOS' Roman Jouravlev talked with Stuart Rance, Stephen Mann, Christian Tijsmans, Elina Pirjanti, Jacob Andersen, Paula Määttänen, Piia Karvonen, Sofi Fahlberg and Rui Soares about the most exciting publications and events of 2016 and those they are most greatly anticipating in 2017.

Back2ITSM podcast

Recorded in November 2016, following a workshop on Lean Enterprise conducted by Barry O'Reilly. After the workshop Barry and AXELOS' Akshay Anand discussed the Lean and DevOps movements from having a culture of innovation to helping mid-level management through different transformations. This podcast covers the relationship between Lean and other frameworks such as Scrum and the Agile movement.

AXELOS Lean Enterprise Podcast

AXELOS' Akshay Anand and Kaimar Karu debate Enterprise Service Management (ESM) with IT Service Management (ITSM) experts Jon Terry, Shane Carlson, and Kevin Behr. The panel discusses their thoughts about ESM and its importance and impact on organizations in relation to ITSM, Lean and Digital Transformation.

AXELOS Enterprise Service Management Podcast

AXELOS is a joint venture company, created in 2013 by the Cabinet Office on behalf of Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) in the United Kingdom and Capita plc, to manage, develop and grow the Global Best Practice portfolio. AXELOS boasts an already enviable track record and an unmatched portfolio of globally recognized best practice qualifications.

AXELOS Global Best Practice