Hydraulics & Pneumatics November/December 2023

knowledge through dispersed individuals. However, product managers often do not have the required level of technical knowledge to effectively manage the product team. The digital skills gap is a growing problem for individuals and organisations, but there are ways businesses can close it. For example, this includes upskilling employees on digital skills that add value to the business. These are often specific to each organisation, so understanding what skill gaps are in the team is a crucial first step. Once the foundation has been set, senior management can create a community of practice to help ensure continuous collaboration among colleagues. Sustain the new business model The key is ensuring new practices continue to be used throughout the company and evolve with changing business and customer needs. Senior management can track the performance of product teams via Google Cloud’s DevOps Research and Assessment team’s (DORA) five key metrics — deployment frequency, lead time for changes, change failure rate, time to restore service and reliability. Too often, improving these metrics becomes difficult due to organisational blockers, so senior management should ensure the metrics are applied across the whole delivery cycle. Adding in newer capabilities such as DevOps and associated tools can also help with gathering data and creating a baseline to compare with. STAINLESS STEEL HYDRAULIC HOSE AND PIPE FITTING SPECIALISTS We are the leading manufacturer and stockist of stainless steel hose fittings, tube fittings and adaptors. Call one of our friendly and knowledgeable specialists today to see how we can help. 30 TRADING FOR OVER YEARS CALL 01274 852 066 sales@customfittings.com www.customfittings.com PROUDLY MADE IN THE UK

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