The document outlines four steps to transition a development environment from its current state to a more agile state: 1) Reduce technical debt, 2) Get rid of shared development environments, 3) Pick tools that improve productivity, and 4) Get rid of restrictive technologies and adopt those that increase agility, such as open source technologies when possible.

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How do you go from here

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To here?

4. Step 1: Reduce technical debt
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5. Step 2: Get rid of that shared
development environment
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6. Step 3: Pick tools what will
improve productivity
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7. One approach
OR

8. Step 4: Get rid of restrictive
technologies
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9. And adopt technologies that
increase agility

10. Open source when you can
Docs: http://blockade.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
Source: David LaBissionaire, Dell Cloud Manager

11. Thanks!