How do I deploy a Python application on OpenShift?
The good folks at 3scale gave us access to the first beta version of the on-premise API Gateway application. This presented us with an exciting opportunity to test its applicability for a proof of...
View ArticleThe 8 Wastes Snake
The 8 Wastes Snake is a continuous process improvement tool. It is a poster-sized sheet that allows people working on a process to record any perceived wastes and annoyances when they occur during...
View ArticleEvolving the 8 Lean Wastes Snake
The “Snake on the wall” technique is one that has been used by many Agile and Lean teams in various forms for many years. In its simplest form, the scrum master draws a snake’s head on a post-it on...
View Article“AMMEON CARES. I AM NOT JUST ANOTHER NUMBER.”
Ireland has always been on the cards for myself and my family for a few years, I just hadn’t gotten the courage to do the big 9000 km journey. I started applying for work from South Africa not...
View ArticleHAVE YOU MET AMMEON’S NEW CEO? (Q&A)
Ammeon recently appointed its new CEO, Stian Kildal. We are delighted to have him take the reins of Ammeon’s future. Stian has worked with us for over 3 years and he is well known for his passion and...
View ArticleDIGITAL TRANSFORMATION; FAD, FUD OR FREAK’N AMAZING?
How many e-mails have you received this week talking about the “digital transformation” going on everywhere around us? Businesses in any sector grow increasingly paranoid over digitally competent...
View ArticleMOVING 3975.08 KMS WITH AMMEON’S HELP
New country, even new continent, 3975.08 Km’s of distance between Cairo and Dublin. This is the distance I had to take to move from my home country and join Ammeon. If you are making such a transition...
View ArticleAGILE HR SERIES: IS AGILE TRANSFERABLE TO HUMAN RESOURCES?
I was delighted to have been asked to talk about my journey into AgileHR at the Agile Lean Ireland event in Croke Park in Dublin in April. Despite overwhelming imposter syndrome talking about Agile to...
View ArticleCATHX OCEAN AGILE-LEAN CASE STUDY
Ammeon Enables Cathx Ocean To Deliver Faster Through Agile-Lean Consulting Cathx Ocean design, manufacture and supply advanced subsea imaging and measurement systems. Software and hardware R&D...
View ArticleSOURCE CODE TO CLOUD DEPLOYMENT IN LESS THAN 10MINS
Lately I’ve been working with OpenShift and its source-to-image capabilities and I must say I am impressed. How impressed you ask? Impressed enough to want to write my own “Hello World” app for it....
View ArticleAGILE HR SERIES: HOW TO TRANSFER AGILE TO HUMAN RESOURCES? (STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE)
The HR congress was on this week, I couldn’t attend but once again AgileHR was on everyone’s lips. In my last blog, I spoke about how adapting Agile concepts to HR can bring about some significant...
View ArticleDIGITAL TRANSFORMATION; FAD, FUD OR FREAK’N AMAZING?
How many e-mails have you received this week talking about the “digital transformation” going on everywhere around us? Businesses in any sector grow increasingly paranoid over digitally competent...
View ArticleWhy Agile isn’t Agile without Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
Organisations which have executed an Agile Transformation are often disappointed with the results. They typically adopt the Scrum Framework and create cross-functional teams with all the skills...
View ArticleFrom College Intern to Full-Time Engineer
Hi, my name is Daniel and I would like to share my experience of working in Ammeon as both an Intern IT Support Engineer and then as a full-time employee. I hope to provide anyone who may be...
View ArticleFlow Efficiency: How It Can Improve Productivity
At regular intervals, teams reflect on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behaviour accordingly – this is one of the principles behind the Agile Manifesto stating that we need to...
View ArticleAmmeon’s Cloud Journey Towards Remote Working
Moving To The Cloud During the summer of 2018, Ammeon Operations began our journey to the cloud. Many of our back-office functions and ways of working simply did not match the state of the art...
View ArticleCloud Tools To Run A Virtual Office
During this uncertain time, officed based workers have been presented with new and unexpected challenges. At Ammeon, like many other companies, we have had to adapt and scale. Luckily our journey to...
View ArticlePeople and Productivity During A Pandemic
With the recent mass movement towards remote working, there is a need to take stock of both the positive and negatives of remote working along with the challenges. In this post, I’d like to focus on...
View ArticleRemote Onboarding – The Show Must Go On
Onboarding is a critical part of the employee experience and can have a knock-on effect not just in the short term performance of the employee but on their long term effectiveness and tenure. In this...
View ArticleRemote Onboarding – The Tools Of The Trade
By now you are getting used to remote working. You have your home office set up, and your lower back is grateful that you no longer have your laptop perched on an ironing board while sitting on the...
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