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TEACHING AN ELEPHANT TO DANCE: Intentional evolution across teams, processes, and applications

TEACHING AN ELEPHANT TO DANCE: Intentional evolution across teams, processes, and applications

Pages 27 Pages

"Teaching an Elephant to Dance" explores digital transformation as a cultural and technical evolution. It emphasizes that success depends on aligning people, processes, and architecture. Key steps include adopting DevOps, self-service infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD pipelines. Organizations must define goals, assess technical debt, and evolve intentionally. While microservices offer flexibility, monoliths can also be effective with the right practices. Culture change is essential—communication, experimentation, and team collaboration drive transformation. The guide encourages organizations to balance innovation with risk and build agile, resilient architectures tailored to their specific business needs.

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