kris_lander

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by kris_lander 10y ago
This is a great book to get started - and whilst it is a little dated technology wise the fundamentals are great along with a very entertaining tongue-in-cheek presentation/writing style. https://www.amazon.com/How-DJ-P
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by kris_lander 12y ago
I agree whole heartily, but the risk that is rarely protected by the contract is whether those features will actually give the client any return on their investment. Keeping the investment small (in terms of scope and time) only reduces the
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by kris_lander 12y ago
If as the OP says, it's about treating the contractual relationship as an investment to deliver value then I believe we can do better than simply "fix scope". I've recently written about this at length including why the
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by kris_lander 13y ago
Minimum Delightful Product is the variant that I like best.
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by kris_lander 14y ago
I wasn't using Toyota as proof that Agile works. I was suggesting that are common problems in managing systems of work have common solutions based on sound, proven theory. All it takes, as others have said, is that by applying critical thin
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by kris_lander 14y ago
There is a large body of theory, evidence and even mathematical proof that supports why agile methodologies, such as Scrum or Kanban can improve the effectiveness of teams in terms of throughput/productivity. Systems, information, decision,
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by kris_lander 14y ago
And this has allowed Disney to do what exactly?
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by kris_lander 14y ago
The problem highlighted by this article and the ensuing debate here is that most people in our industry (management and developers alike) talk about good code and bad code in purely subjective terms. Until we learn to talk objectively about
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by kris_lander 14y ago
Recently at my company we had an internal discussion about pairing after a colleague wrote a similar post espousing all the virtues of pairing. Pairing was something we as a group had once been zealot like in our belief in its value and wou
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by kris_lander 14y ago
Exactly. I prefer to focus on what people like Steve Blank have said about creating a start up company. Better to think about how you are investing your time and resources in terms of customer discovery/validation (searching for a viable bu
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by kris_lander 14y ago
Whilst the article mentions how countries like China restrict access to communication networks we should be under no illusions that nearly all major communication networks are ultimately still under the control of central government whereve