SPaMCAST 677 - Service Level Objectives, SLOs, A conversation with Kit Merker

Published: Nov. 14, 2021, 10 p.m.

b"Today we will speak to Kit Merker, COO of Nobl9 about Service Level Objectives (SLO). Kit provides down-to-earth advice for adopting and using SLOs to benefit teams AND organizations.\\xa0 Kit\\u2019s bio: Kit Merker's 20+ year career spans product management, engineering, evangelism and community-building roles at Google, Microsoft, JFrog, and the governing board of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). He is currently Chief Operating Officer for Nobl9, driving community and growth for service reliability for enterprise development teams. Contact information: (LinkedIn) (Personal Website) (Company Website) @KitMerker (Twitter) Re-Read Saturday News\\xa0 This week we re-read Chapter 6 of Project to Product\\xa0 (Amazon Affiliate Link). In the chapter the author tells four stories of disruption -- they are interesting in their own right. Still, if we look for a common thread I would suggest the communication needed to manage the balance between flow items (features, defects, risks, and debts).\\xa0 Catch up on previous installments: Week 1: - \\xa0 Week 2: - \\xa0 Week 3: - \\xa0 Week 4: - Week 5: - \\xa0 Week 6: - \\xa0 Week 8: -\\xa0 \\xa0 Next SPaMCAST\\xa0 Next week an essay on the role of the team lead in Scrum. As Mellisa Greller points out, the role of the TL is often overlooked. When a role is overlooked it causes friction. Unless you are starting a campfire, friction is not a great idea.\\xa0\\xa0 We will also have a visit from Jon M Quigley."