Inspect and Adapt
80 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsWorld-class software development requires far more than language/platform expertise and steady sprints. Join us as we describe time-tested, industry-proven software best practices at the team, organization, and leadership levels, sharing examples from recent engagements with software teams of all sizes.
Construx is led by industry leader Steve McConnell, author of Code Complete and More Effective Agile. Software experts first and software trainers and consultants second, our team has seen what works and doesn’t work in hundreds of software organizations.
Host Mark Griffin spent the first half of his career as an electrical engineer doing silicon hardware design and leading software automation teams. He moved into the sales side of software because he wanted to spread the value of what his company was building. It was supposed to be a one-year assignment that turned into the second half of his career. His balance of deeply technical skills and right-brain artistry also makes him a masterful home brewer!
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#47 Retrospectives
April 09, 2024 17:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBIf hindsight is 20/20—and it's good practice to look back to find ways you could do better—then why do retrospectives seem like such a waste of time? Shouldn't they be a goldmine that we're excited about rather than just another obligatory meeting? Inspect & Adapt host Mark Griffin gathers fellow Construx staff, Steve Tockey, Jenny Stuart, and Earl Beede, to discuss how we can make retrospectives something to look forward to.
#46 Reverse Agile Scaling
March 11, 2024 16:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBThere is a lot of talk and ideas about how to scale agile up from the one-team, one-product base so that multiple teams can support a product (I am looking at you SAFe). But what about the case where one team must support multiple products? That is reverse agile scaling. Join Construx’s Mark Griffin, Jenny Stuart, and Earl Beede as they share strategies and proven techniques to have one team work with multiple products and multiple product owners.
#45 Value Identification
February 06, 2024 16:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBWhat does "value" mean on your product? How do you know you are working on the most valuable thing? Construx's Earl Beede, Jenny Stuart, and Mark Griffin discuss how to clearly identify and articulate value on development projects. Knowing the targeted value is critical for prioritization and scope control and for knowing when to stop. It is also the key ingredient to meaningful feedback cycles. But how do you reliably identify value? Earl & Jenny will share stories of how they've helped or...
#44 Bringing it All Together – the Successful Leadership of Hardware/Software Teams
January 04, 2024 17:00 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBHow do you lead product development teams when a company that has always been hardware focused now owes its success to both hardware and software? Construx's Mark Griffin and Earl Beede recently spoke with Inogen's Norbert Leinfellner and Horst Pichler, who have decades of experience leading this transition. We kick off 2024 with an Inspect & Adapt episode on how successful leadership requires a certain system-level mindset to help blend those hardware and software teams.
#43 Project Managers 2023
December 04, 2023 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBListen to Construx's Earl Beede, Jenny Stuart, and Mark Griffin as they assess the role and duties of project managers on software intensive projects. A special focus will be on groups using agile development processes. Earl and Jenny will share stories of what they have seen work and what hasn't with their clients.
#42 Splitting User Stories
October 31, 2023 20:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBConstrux's Earl Beede, Jenny Stuart, and Mark Griffin investigate ways to split user stories so they fit in a sprint. Some methods are far preferable—and even easier—than others. Sometimes it just means setting yourself up to make your user stories split-able. Earl and Jenny will share their stories from the trenches and explain how they assist teams to apply the appropriate splitting practices in their environment.
#41 Special Guest: John Belbute, Engineering Metrics
September 21, 2023 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBWhat metrics make sense for a development team? How do you talk about productivity? Construx friend John Belbute joins Construx’s Steve Tockey, Earl Beede, and Mark Griffin to talk about engineering metrics. John has been a software leader at many companies, including Intuit, WebMD, eBay and Capita CCS and is now semi-retired with his own coaching and consulting company. John shares his in-the-trenches experience trying to find the perfect metric to show the rest of the leadership team how w...
#40 Waterfall vs. Agile 2023
June 12, 2023 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBIt's been over two decades since we were told that Waterfall development is bad and Agile development is good. Construx's Earl Beede recently did a webinar on the subject (available on YouTube). This Inspect and Adapt looks at some of the comments and questions that came up. Earl is joined by host Mark Griffin and Jenny Stuart as they take a fresh look at Waterfall vs. Agile.
Waterfall vs. Agile 2023
June 12, 2023 23:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBIt's been over two decades since we were told that Waterfall development is bad and Agile development is good. Construx's Earl Beede recently did a webinar on the subject (available on YouTube). This Inspect and Adapt looks at some of the comments and questions that came up. Earl is joined by host Mark Griffin and Jenny Stuart as they take a fresh look at Waterfall vs. Agile.
#39 Product Owner vs. Product Manager
April 12, 2023 19:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBThere is a lot of confusion about where the job or role of product owner ends and that of product manager begins. Construx's Earl Beede recently did a webinar on the topic. Now Earl is joined by Construx's Jenny Stuart and Mark Griffin to take a deeper look into how the two roles differ and where they overlap.
#38 The Engineering Manager in Agile
February 06, 2023 20:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBYou have engineering managers and you want to adopt agile - or are already doing agile - development. Where does your engineering manager fit? What activities and roles do engineering managers play in the agile development organization? Join Construx's Jenny Stuart, Mark Griffin, and Earl Beede as they discuss how organizations can Inspect & Adapt the job of the engineering manager.
#37 2022 Disaster Stories and Improvement Ideas
January 06, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBAt the end of 2022, Construx surveyed our clients to hear their best disaster stories of 2022 and what areas they want to improve so they won't repeat their disasters in 2023. Join host Mark Griffin with Construx experts Earl Beede and Steve Tockey as they Inspect and Adapt those disaster stories and improvement opportunities.
#36 Right-Sizing Software Process: Going Meta
November 22, 2022 16:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBIs there a "best" way or process to develop software? Is there one size fits all? Construx has always said, "no". One of our 10x Principles is "Tailor the Solution to the Problem". Join host Mark Griffin with Construx's Earl Beede and Steve Tockey for an Inspect and Adapt of right-sizing software development process. We cover the process for figuring out what your process should be–the "meta process". If you want to be notified of future live-stream recordings, be sure to sign up for our n...
#35 Individual Estimation
October 25, 2022 21:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBIndividual expert judgment estimation (a.k.a. best guess, gut, swag, etc.) is the most common method of estimating development projects. Yet it almost always is not a good estimate. Join host Mark Griffin with Construx's Earl Beede and Steve Tockey for an Inspect and Adapt of individual estimation. We cover the pitfalls of individual estimation but counter with specific ways you can make individual estimation a bit better. If you want to be notified of future live-stream recordings, be sure...
#34 Backlog Refinement
October 03, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBBacklog Refinement is a practice that most agile teams should do - but many don't. Join host Mark Griffin with Construx's Jenny Stuart and Earl Beede to Inspect & Adapt backlog refinement. We cover how backlog refinement has become a critical part of agile teams, how it should work, common mistakes in backlog refinement, and how it adapts to different situations. This episode is edited from a live-stream discussion. If you want to be notified of future live-stream recording, be sure to si...
#33 How Much Testing Is Enough?
September 13, 2022 17:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MB"How much testing is enough?" is a question Construx gets asked a lot. Join host Mark Griffin with Construx's Brian Daugherty and Steve Tockey for an Inspect and Adapt of the enough testing question. We cover the drivers of testing, strategies to help determine "enough," and the common mistakes organizations make when developing and executing tests. If you want to be notified of future live-stream recordings, be sure to sign up for our newsletter at our website: www.construx.com
#32 Leadership for Women in Software
August 11, 2022 22:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBWhat does it mean to bring your full self as a woman to leadership in a software or technical organization? Join Construx's Mark Griffin as he interviews Jessica Garcia about how to deal with the challenges of leadership specifically as experienced by women. Jessica leads and coaches women toward both leadership and authenticity. She will go over her six week leadership seminar and share key practices for women in technical leadership.
#31 The Daily
August 01, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBMany, if not most, agile teams include the practice of a daily gathering. It goes by slightly different names: the daily standup, the daily scrum, or walking the board. Join host Mark Griffin with Construx's Jenny Stuart and Earl Beede for an inspect and adapt of the daily. We cover the daily's origins, how it differs across agile approaches, common errors in the daily (we are looking at you, status reporting) and how to adjust it to different environments. This is an edited from a live-st...
#30 Scaling Agile: Three Agile Scaling Frameworks and Six Scaling Recommendations
November 18, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.6 MBHearing about different scaling frameworks and wondering which one is for you? Join host Mark Griffin and guest Jenny Stuart for an overview of the popular Agile scaling frameworks SAFe, Nexus, and LeSS, including their strengths and relative weaknesses. We’ll cover the frameworks’ core techniques and approaches; this will provide you with a basis for determining whether one of these frameworks is a good fit. Jenny will also provide six scaling recommendations for you to think about regardle...
#29 Twenty Years Is Enough! It’s Time to Update the Agile Principles and Values
July 19, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 46.9 MBToday’s episode focuses on the very basis of Agile: its principles and values. Steve McConnell recently gave a keynote at XP2021 in which he said they need to be updated. You'll hear a quick recap of Agile’s beginnings, what was happening in software development when people got together at that Snowbird conference: primarily "code & fix" and the SW-CMM (Software-Capability Maturity Model). Steve will describe the current non-agile institutionalization of Agile. Then Steve and Mark will work ...
#28 Six Ways to Decrease Stress in Development Partnerships
July 06, 2021 22:00 - 47 minutes - 32.3 MBWorking with external software development partners often increases stress for the existing internal staff. A Construx client asked us to conduct research with our clients on approaches to reducing this stress. We identified six recommendations and related specific actions that organizations can take to decrease internal stress and improve overall teamwork with their partners. Join Construx Senior Fellow Earl Beede as he describes the results of this client-driven research. You'll learn the...
#27 More Effective Kanban, Part 3: Kanban for Portfolios and Programs
May 03, 2021 22:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBConstrux VP of Consulting Jenny Stuart and Mark Griffin cleared up common misconceptions about Kanban in Episode #19. In Episode #24, they discussed numerous best practices for establishing and optimizing your Kanban system. Here, they focus on seeing the big picture—working with Kanban at higher levels of workflow. Topics included setting up program-level and portfolio-level Kanban boards. Jenny shares various approaches she's used with clients to determine work items, model the workflow, d...
#26 Software Estimation Lessons Learned from Covid-19 Forecasting
March 11, 2021 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBFor the past year, Steve McConnell has applied his extensive estimation expertise to a timely problem: Covid-19 forecasting. Steve’s Covid Complete Data Center provides US national data, state data for every state, state scorecards, forecasts, forecast evaluations, and other data on the pandemic: https://stevemcconnell.com/covidcomplete/ His Covid Complete forecasting model has been accepted into the US Center for Disease Control’s “Ensemble” model, which means that it is one of the models d...
#25 Crafting Software, Part 1: Beers to Pair with Requirements, Design, & Estimation
February 24, 2021 23:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBWe thought we’d do something fun to start our second season and use a familiar vehicle to help new listeners and our old friends understand Construx’s software engineering expertise. And how are we going to do that? We’re going to use beer! You might be thinking, "Well, now you have my attention." Host Mark Griffin and Construx consultant Steve Tockey are accomplished home brewers, with 39 years of beer-brewing experience between them. In this first part of the conversation, they’ll work thr...
#24 More Effective Kanban, Part 2: Operating and Optimizing Your Kanban System
October 21, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MBConstrux VP of Consulting Jenny Stuart and Mark Griffin cleared up common misconceptions about Kanban in the first episode in this series (episode #19). This time they cover numerous best practices for establishing your initial Kanban system—determining work item types, workflow, work state policies, work-in-progress limits, and more—and running it well, including multiple approaches to handling blocked items and replenishing the queue of work. The conversation concludes with ways to optimiz...
#23 Exploring Metrics: Using Landing Zones to Define and Guide Success
August 25, 2020 17:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBIt's a sad truth that many software teams are working with no explicit definition of success. Join Construx Senior Fellow Erik Simmons and Mark Griffin to learn about the landing zone, a table that you can use to define success in a quantified, explicit way. Erik played a role in the development of the landing zone method during his time at Intel, so you're learning about it from one of its earliest proponents. In addition to learning how to build landing zones and when to use them, you'll...
More Effective Agile, Part 9: Focus on Throughput, Not Activity; Plan Based on Measured Team Capacity; Decriminalize Mistakes
August 05, 2020 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBSteve McConnell completes the series in which he describes the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The final principles described are: "Focus on Throughput, Not Activity." Similar to managing to outcomes, adding the nuance that busyness is not the objective—getting valuable work done is the objective. (See page 223 in the book.) "Plan Based on Measured Team Capacity." Agile is an empirical approach; teams and organizations should plan their wor...
#22 More Effective Agile, Part 9: Focus on Throughput, Not Activity; Plan Based on Measured Team Capacity; Decriminalize Mistakes
August 05, 2020 17:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBSteve McConnell completes the series in which he describes the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The final principles described are: "Focus on Throughput, Not Activity." Similar to managing to outcomes, adding the nuance that busyness is not the objective—getting valuable work done is the objective. (See page 223 in the book.) "Plan Based on Measured Team Capacity." Agile is an empirical approach; teams and organizations should plan their wor...
More Effective Agile, Part 8: Express Clear Purpose with Commander’s Intent; Model Key Agile Behaviors; Manage to Outcomes, Not Details
July 29, 2020 19:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBSteve McConnell continues to describe the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The principles described this time: "Express Clear Purpose with Commander’s Intent." Support your teams’ ability to make timely, local decisions by clearly communicating your objectives for the desired end state. (See page 220 in the book.) "Model Key Agile Behaviors." Effective leaders model the behaviors they want to see in others. (See page 224.) "Manage to Outcomes...
#21 More Effective Agile, Part 8: Express Clear Purpose with Commander’s Intent; Model Key Agile Behaviors; Manage to Outcomes, Not Details
July 29, 2020 19:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBSteve McConnell continues to describe the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The principles described this time: "Express Clear Purpose with Commander’s Intent." Support your teams’ ability to make timely, local decisions by clearly communicating your objectives for the desired end state. (See page 220 in the book.) "Model Key Agile Behaviors." Effective leaders model the behaviors they want to see in others. (See page 224.) "Manage to Outcomes...
More Effective Agile, Part 7: Create and Use a Definition of Done; Maintain a Releasable Level of Quality; Use Automated Tests, Created by the Development Team
July 09, 2020 19:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBSteve McConnell continues to describe the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The principles described this time: "Create and Use a Definition of Done." A good Definition of Done helps catch incomplete or faulty work early, minimizing the gap between defect insertion and detection. (See page 157 in the book.) "Maintain a Releasable Level of Quality." Maintaining a releasable level of quality helps catch additional defects that slip through an ear...
#20 More Effective Agile, Part 7: Create and Use a Definition of Done; Maintain a Releasable Level of Quality; Use Automated Tests, Created by the Development Team
July 09, 2020 19:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBSteve McConnell continues to describe the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The principles described this time: "Create and Use a Definition of Done." A good Definition of Done helps catch incomplete or faulty work early, minimizing the gap between defect insertion and detection. (See page 157 in the book.) "Maintain a Releasable Level of Quality." Maintaining a releasable level of quality helps catch additional defects that slip through an ear...
More Effective Kanban: Five Misconceptions About Kanban
June 25, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBJoin Construx VP of Consulting Jenny Stuart and Mark Griffin for the first in a series of episodes describing the power of Kanban. In this episode, they'll cover the most common misconceptions about this extremely useful method: #1 Kanban is only a board, #2 Kanban is good only for support, #3 Kanban is good only for small teams, #4 Kanban can't support long-range planning, and #5 Kanban or Scrum is an "either-or" decision. Some organizations still aren't using Kanban because of these misco...
#19 More Effective Kanban, Part 1: Five Misconceptions About Kanban
June 25, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBJoin Construx VP of Consulting Jenny Stuart and Mark Griffin for the first in a series of episodes describing the power of Kanban. In this episode, they'll cover the most common misconceptions about this extremely useful method: #1 Kanban is only a board, #2 Kanban is good only for support, #3 Kanban is good only for small teams, #4 Kanban can't support long-range planning, and #5 Kanban or Scrum is an "either-or" decision. Some organizations still aren't using Kanban because of these misco...
More Effective Kanban, Part 1: Five Misconceptions About Kanban
June 25, 2020 12:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBJoin Construx VP of Consulting Jenny Stuart and Mark Griffin for the first in a series of episodes describing the power of Kanban. In this episode, they'll cover the most common misconceptions about this extremely useful method: #1 Kanban is only a board, #2 Kanban is good only for support, #3 Kanban is good only for small teams, #4 Kanban can't support long-range planning, and #5 Kanban or Scrum is an "either-or" decision. Some organizations still aren't using Kanban because of these misco...
#18 More Effective Agile, Part 6: Refine the Product Backlog, Create and Use a Definition of Ready, Minimize the Defect Detection Gap
June 16, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBSixth in our series in which Steve McConnell describes the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The principles described this time: "Refine the Product Backlog." Backlog refinement ensures the team is working on the highest priority items, is not filling in gaps in requirements on its own, and is not starved for work. (See page 187 in the book.) "Create and Use a Definition of Ready." Part of backlog refinement is ensuring that requirements are t...
More Effective Agile, Part 6: Refine the Product Backlog, Create and Use a Definition of Ready, Minimize the Defect Detection Gap
June 16, 2020 15:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBSixth in our series in which Steve McConnell describes the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The principles described this time: "Refine the Product Backlog." Backlog refinement ensures the team is working on the highest priority items, is not filling in gaps in requirements on its own, and is not starved for work. (See page 187 in the book.) "Create and Use a Definition of Ready." Part of backlog refinement is ensuring that requirements are t...
Exploring Measurement: Cultural Issues, Metrics vs. Indicators, Launching a Program, and Controlling Costs/Time
June 10, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBJoin Construx Senior Fellow Erik Simmons and Mark Griffin as they discuss the ins and outs of metrics for software teams. To kick off, they draw a distinction that can help alleviate overarching concerns about metrics and measurement in general: operational measurement (How are we doing? Metaphor: dashboard) and aspirational measurement (What’s our progress toward our goals? Metaphor: map). The remainder of the episode addresses realities within the dashboard context. The first unfortunate ...
#17 Exploring Metrics: Cultural Issues, Metrics vs. Indicators, Launching a Program, and Controlling Costs/Time
June 10, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBJoin Construx Senior Fellow Erik Simmons and Mark Griffin as they discuss the ins and outs of metrics for software teams. To kick off, they draw a distinction that can help alleviate overarching concerns about metrics and measurement in general: operational measurement (How are we doing? Metaphor: dashboard) and aspirational measurement (What’s our progress toward our goals? Metaphor: map). The remainder of the episode addresses realities within the dashboard context. The first unfortunate ...
#17 Exploring Measurement: Cultural Issues, Metrics vs. Indicators, Launching a Program, and Controlling Costs/Time
June 10, 2020 23:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBJoin Construx Senior Fellow Erik Simmons and Mark Griffin as they discuss the ins and outs of metrics for software teams. To kick off, they draw a distinction that can help alleviate overarching concerns about metrics and measurement in general: operational measurement (How are we doing? Metaphor: dashboard) and aspirational measurement (What’s our progress toward our goals? Metaphor: map). The remainder of the episode addresses realities within the dashboard context. The first unfortunate ...
Pre-project Planning: Lowering Inherent Uncertainty on Large Work Efforts
May 29, 2020 15:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBJoin Construx Senior Fellow Earl Beede and Mark Griffin as they discuss methods for improving the chances of success by driving down inherent uncertainty (common-cause variation) for large software efforts. These methods involve early decision making related to primary consumers, possible technologies, and broad software estimation. The conversation continues with a description of the Cone of Uncertainty, how to record your early decisions and their varying scopes and importance, and the he...
#16 Preproject Planning: Lowering Inherent Uncertainty on Large Work Efforts
May 29, 2020 15:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBJoin Construx Senior Fellow Earl Beede and Mark Griffin as they discuss methods for improving the chances of success by driving down inherent uncertainty (common-cause variation) for large software efforts. These methods involve early decision making related to primary consumers, possible technologies, and broad software estimation. The conversation continues with a description of the Cone of Uncertainty, how to record your early decisions and their varying scopes and importance, and the he...
Preproject Planning: Lowering Inherent Uncertainty on Large Work Efforts
May 29, 2020 15:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBJoin Construx Senior Fellow Earl Beede and Mark Griffin as they discuss methods for improving the chances of success by driving down inherent uncertainty (common-cause variation) for large software efforts. These methods involve early decision making related to primary consumers, possible technologies, and broad software estimation. The conversation continues with a description of the Cone of Uncertainty, how to record your early decisions and their varying scopes and importance, and the he...
Construx Services: What Are Organizational Assessments?
May 14, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBJoin Construx Senior Fellow Erik Simmons and Mark Griffin as they discuss the ins and outs of Construx's organizational assessments, which go beyond software engineering technical practices to also examine organizational structure, the architecture of the system, the way people communicate, and the degree of interteam trust. Culture can play as important a role as technical practices, so Construx's assessments also assess the effect of an organization's culture on autonomy, mastery, and purp...
#15 Construx Services: What Are Organizational Assessments?
May 14, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBJoin Construx Senior Fellow Erik Simmons and Mark Griffin as they discuss the ins and outs of Construx's organizational assessments, which go beyond software engineering technical practices to also examine organizational structure, the architecture of the system, the way people communicate, and the degree of interteam trust. Culture can play as important a role as technical practices, so Construx's assessments also assess the effect of an organization's culture on autonomy, mastery, and purp...
#14 WFH in the Age of Coronavirus: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow
May 04, 2020 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBConstrux Software recently surveyed software professionals to determine the effect that working from home (WFH) during the coronavirus pandemic is having on software development. Our survey explored changes in communication and the impact on individuals, on teamwork, on leaders’ ability to lead, and on specific technical practices. The survey was conducted from April 7 to April 22, 2020, with 624 respondents participating from 63 countries. The context was sobering, with most respondents re...
WFH in the Age of Coronavirus: Lessons for Today and Tomorrow
May 04, 2020 16:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBConstrux Software recently surveyed software professionals to determine the effect that working from home (WFH) during the coronavirus pandemic is having on software development. Our survey explored changes in communication and the impact on individuals, on teamwork, on leaders’ ability to lead, and on specific technical practices. The survey was conducted from April 7 to April 22, 2020, with 624 respondents participating from 63 countries. The context was sobering, with most respondents re...
More Effective Agile, Part 5: Manage Technical Debt, Support Large Agile Projects Through Architecture, Automate Repetitive Activities
April 23, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBFifth in our series in which Steve McConnell describes the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The principles discussed this time: "Manage Technical Debt." A consistent focus on quality is part of an effective Agile implementation. Managing technical debt supports higher team morale, faster progress, and higher quality products. (See page 131 in the book.) "Support Large Agile Projects Through Architecture." Good architecture can support portione...
#13 More Effective Agile, Part 5: Manage Technical Debt, Support Large Agile Projects Through Architecture, Automate Repetitive Activities
April 23, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBFifth in our series in which Steve McConnell describes the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The principles discussed this time: "Manage Technical Debt." A consistent focus on quality is part of an effective Agile implementation. Managing technical debt supports higher team morale, faster progress, and higher quality products. (See page 131 in the book.) "Support Large Agile Projects Through Architecture." Good architecture can support portione...
More Effective Agile, Part 4: Steve McConnell Describes the Key Principles of His New Book
April 07, 2020 15:00 - 37 minutes - 25.8 MBFourth in our series in which Steve McConnell describes the 28 key principles in his new book, More Effective Agile (Construx Press, 2019). The principles discussed this time: "Keep Projects Small." Small projects are easier and more often successful. Not all work can be structured into small projects, but the work that can be structured that way should be. (See page 120 in the book.) "Keep Sprints Short." Short sprints support a frequent Inspect and Adapt feedback loop. They expose prob...