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The unexpected path to the c-suite

When I was a little girl, I played “business” at my grandmother’s house. She gave a box of blank payroll checks from a defunct business and heels and fancy clip-on earrings that she wore to work. I stuffed a bunch of blank checks into a purse and strutted down the hall to the back bedroom (y’know, the official boss’s office), where I’d wave my hands around telling everyone to get to work.

From Scrum to Kanban: Why Most Delivery Teams at PagerDuty Made the Switch

Nearly two years ago, I joined PagerDuty as an Agile Coach with limited experience working with Kanban delivery teams. I started coaching two Scrum teams, but as soon as my teams got word that their peers using Kanban were happier and higher-performing, they pushed for the switch. Today, nearly all delivery teams here have transitioned from Scrum to Kanban.

Exciting news about ServiceDesk Plus' IT asset management module

We’re delighted to announce that ServiceDesk Plus, our flagship IT service management (ITSM) solution, received PinkVERIFY 2011 certification for its IT asset management (ITAM) processes. This adds to ServiceDesk Plus’ existing PinkVERIFY certifications for its incident management, request fulfillment, and change management processes.

SolarWinds Lab Episode #78: Migrating From Ticketing to Full Service

While it would probably be impossible to manage your business's technology or keep users happy without a help desk, there’s a limitation. You’re still interrupt-driven, reacting to a pile of problems and an endless stream of mundane tasks. In an ideal world, you users would self-manage, so you can be more proactive, and focus on the big issues that your business actually cares about. That’s where Service Desk comes in.

Build better workflows: Announcing the Mattermost DevOps integration set

No matter what tools your team uses, more effective collaboration results from sharing information and context, being able to react quickly, and automating repetitive processes. Development teams move faster when they can consolidate information in one central hub and can reduce context switching by switching less between different tools.