Mik + One: The Official Project to Product Podcast by Dr. Mik Kersten
98 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -Since publishing best-selling book, Project to Product, technology business leader, Dr. Mik Kersten, has introduced transformative frameworks and ideas for delivering software at scale. He has given numerous standing room only keynotes and presentations worldwide and is an internationally recognized thought-leader.
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Episodes
Episode 56: GitHub’s Scott Densmore on the Copilot Revolution, Coding at the Speed of Thought
December 14, 2023 12:00 - 51 minutes - 59.4 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Scott Densmore, VP of Engineering at GitHub, to discuss the future of connected work and the impact of GitHub Copilot on developer productivity. GitHub Copilot is an AI-powered tool that provides code completion and suggestions to developers, allowing them to write code faster and more efficiently. Scott shares the history of GitHub Copilot and how it has evolved to become a game-changer in the world of software development. He also talks about d...
Episode 55: Professor Mohan Sawhney: Rethinking Product Management with AI
October 19, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 119 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Professor Mohan Sawhney, Associate Dean of Digital Innovation and a Clinical Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University. Sawhney discusses the evolution and importance of product management as a discipline. He emphasizes the need for formal training and frameworks in product management and highlights the role of product managers as mini CEOs and customer advocates. Sawhney also explores the challenges and opportunities in implementing pro...
Episode 54: Dr. Pallab Chatterjee on Digital Transformation Waste
August 08, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes - 130 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Pallab Chatterjee, a visionary entrepreneur and technology expert. Pallab is currently the chairman of 3Lines VC, a boutique VC firm specializing in investments in AI-focused companies in the US and India. Pallab shares his journey from running a research lab at Texas Instruments to becoming the CEO of IT Technologies and Symphony Retail AI. Mik and Pallab discuss the TI-84 and TI-86 calculators, which Pallab helped bring to market, and how they re...
Episode 53: George Kadifa on Generative AI
June 07, 2023 12:31 - 53 minutes - 123 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is technology visionary George Kadifa to discuss generative AI and its potential impact on the tech industry. George discusses how generative AI has changed the conversation with machines, allowing them to generate new content, code, images, and videos in a multi-modal fashion. This development is expected to be even bigger than all the previous tech transformations combined. George Kadifa has a long history of predicting tech trends and capitalizin...
Episode 52: Mik Kersten on the 2023 Project to Product State of the Industry Report
March 21, 2023 10:19 - 54 minutes - 125 MBIn this episode of Mik + One, we’re flipping the script! Debbie Konrad, an early Value Stream Management advocate, interviews Mik. The two discuss a new report, the 2023 Project to Product State of the Industry Report, that analyzed anonymized data from 2022 of 3600+ software delivery teams representing over 38,000 business product owners and engineers combined with 326 targeted survey respondents in 34 of the world’s leading enterprises. It revealed that five years into the shift from pro...
Episode 51: Carol Houle on Strategic Digital Transformations
January 24, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 95.2 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Carol Houle, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Financial Services and Insurance at Atos. With over two decades of experience in building and renovating businesses seeking to focus on strategic digital transformations, Carol shares success stories and challenging lessons she has learned in her professional journey. Carol and Mik talk about the complexities of agile transformation, and the role that education can play in optimizing value strea...
Episode 50: Former Ford CEO Mark Fields on the Value of a Unified Vision
December 20, 2022 12:34 - 47 minutes - 54.4 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Mark Fields, Senior Advisor to TPG Capital, a member of Planview's board of directors, and former CEO of Ford Motor Company. Mark has presided over three decades of strategic and digital transformations at global businesses and shares how he consistently succeeded with a focus on product. He discusses the value of possessing agility, a unified vision, and a rallying cry as a business to create a product that delivers more value and potentially dive...
Episode 49: Brendan Hopper on Lessons Learned Shifting From Project to Product
November 22, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Brendan Hopper, is the CIO for technology at Commonwealth Bank Group. He is responsible for ensuring the bank has a world leading IT engineering capability and is making the right technology investments and decisions. Brendan shares what drives his passion for driving innovation and flow at organizations and why technology should become an accelerator, not a disruptor for organizations and their customers. In this episode, Mik and Brendan also di...
Episode 48: Steve Berez on How to Do Agile Right
August 30, 2022 10:00 - 48 minutes - 112 MBJoining Mik on this episode of Mik + One is Steve Berez, advisory partner at Bain & Company and co-author of Doing Agile Right, Transformation Without Chaos. In this episode, Mik and Steve discuss: Insights into Steve’s 30+ year journey developing Bain’s technology practice Real examples of implementing agile practices and how to do it right How to get buy-in from Finance teams and demonstrate the value of a capacity-based mindset Strategies organizations can take to realize Agile benef...
Episode 48 - Steve Berez on How to Do Agile Right
August 30, 2022 10:00 - 48 minutes - 112 MBJoining Mik on this episode of Mik + One is Steve Berez, advisory partner at Bain & Company and co-author of Doing Agile Right, Transformation Without Chaos. In this episode, Mik and Steve discuss: Insights into Steve’s 30+ year journey developing Bain’s technology practice Real examples of implementing agile practices and how to do it right How to get buy-in from Finance teams and demonstrate the value of a capacity-based mindset Strategies organizations can take to realize Agile benef...
Episode 47: Razat Gaurav on Rebuilding the Future of the Enterprise and the Three Waves of Software Value Stream Optimization
July 19, 2022 13:05 - 57 minutes - 132 MBIn this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Razat Gaurav, Chief Executive Officer at Planview. In this episode, Mik and Razat discuss the trillion-dollar opportunity ahead to rebuild the future of how the enterprise works. Topics include: How new market realities will impact the way we think about transformations Designing foundational capabilities with resiliency in mind to maximize flow and unlock value Deep dive into the three “waves” that optimize software value streams The fund...
Episode 46: Sejal Amin on Lasting Organizational Change that Drives Innovation
June 17, 2022 17:22 - 56 minutes - 129 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Sejal Amin, current Chief Product and Technology Officer for Khoros, where she leads global product development teams to build great experiences for customers. In this episode, Mik and Sejal discuss a wide range of topics around continuous improvement, team health, organizational design, and flow. Key discussions include: Lessons Sejal learned from making the shift from project to product and barriers to overcome when making that shift The imp...
Episode 45: Jean-Michel Lemieux on Building Great Software to Maximize Business Impact
May 04, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 68.8 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Jean-Michel Lemieux, author, investor, advisor, and former CTO and SVP of Engineering at Shopify. In this episode, Mik and Jean-Michel discuss a wide range of topics around engineering, architecture, scale, organizational design, and flow. Key discussions include: How Lemieux approached his role at Shopify, and insights into some of the actions he took to turn Shopify into a platform to create business value The importance of identifying the t...
Episode 44: Geordie Henderson on Implementing Organizational Design and Innovation to Scale High-Performing Teams
April 05, 2022 11:00 - 51 minutes - 118 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Geordie Henderson, General Manager of AWS Messaging and Streaming at Amazon Web Services, and previously the VP of Engineering at Hootsuite. In this episode, Mik and Geordie share insights into organizational design and innovation to build, integrate and lead successful software organizations, as well as other key topics including: An overview of Geordie’s experience in scaling high-performing teams at Amazon Web Services and Hootsuite, and advic...
Episode 43: Darrell Fernandes on Driving Organizational Improvement To Deliver Customer Value
March 15, 2022 10:00 - 55 minutes - 128 MBIn this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Darrell Fernandes, Head of Product Technology at TIAA, a Fortune 100 financial services organization that is the leading provider of financial services in the academic, research, medical, cultural and governmental fields. In this episode, Mik and Darrell discuss themes around driving organizational improvement and customer value, as well as other topics including: The five key accountabilities that all IT product managers should consider when ...
Episode 42: Manuel Pais on Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow
February 22, 2022 11:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Manuel Pais, co-author of Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow. In this episode, Mik and Manuel discuss some of the key themes in Team Topologies, as well as other topics including: Manuel's learnings and key tips on how to effectively manage team collaboration in the shift to remote-first and hybrid working The relationship between the ideas behind the Flow Framework and Team Topologies Advice on how to set u...
Episode 41: Bank of New Zealand on Applying the Flow Metrics at Scale
February 01, 2022 11:00 - 58 minutes - 67.3 MBTo kick off the first episode of 2022, Mik is joined by two guests from Bank of New Zealand: Paul Littlefair, Chief Technology Officer, and BMK Lakshminarayanan, Value Stream Architect. In this episode, Mik, Paul and BMK delve into how Bank of New Zealand has been applying the shift from Project to Product and Flow Metrics, and other key topics including: Insight into how Bank of New Zealand’s transformation journey started, and the goals they first set out to achieve The importance of in...
Happy Holidays: A Message From Dr. Mik Kersten
December 21, 2021 11:00 - 2 minutes - 6.3 MBWe're taking a break for the holidays, but Dr. Mik Kersten, Tasktop Founder & CEO, and best-selling author of 'Project to Product', has left a short message to thank all of you for tuning in over the last year. We'll be back with new episodes in 2022, however in the meantime, keep in touch by joining the Flow Framework Slack Community. Built on communal learning, trust and professional development, this community provides a safe space to connect with business and technology leaders seeking...
Episode 40: Dean Leffingwell on The Practices and Behaviors of High-Performing Teams
December 07, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 114 MBWe’re delighted to welcome back Leffingwell, Co-founder and Chief Methodologist at Scaled Agile. Dean is an entrepreneur and software development methodologist best known for creating SAFe®, the most widely used framework for business Agility. In this episode, Mik and Dean focus on practices and behaviors of high-performing teams, digging into their own experiences on what makes teams thrive. Additional topics include: Dean’s learnings on what he has seen with large transformations using S...
Episode 39: Sally Elatta on Business Agility and Measurement
November 23, 2021 11:00 - 46 minutes - 53.4 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Sally Elatta, CEO and Founder of AgilityHealth and Agile Videos. In this episode, Mik and Sally discuss the importance of using business agility and measurement as critical ways in driving innovation, as well as other key topics such as: Sally’s business agility journey and her learnings from over the years Insight into some of the biggest surprises from AgilityHealth’s study on metrics and measurements The success patterns of creating a roadma...
Episode 38: Dave Snowden on The Cynefin Framework
November 09, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBIn this episode, Mik is joined by Dave Snowden, CSO & Founder of Cognitive Edge and Director of the Cynefin Center. In this episode, Mik and Dave talk about the development of Cynefin, a framework for decision making, and other key topics including: The Cynefin framework and some of the existing methodologies and techniques that have been developed Examples of things that have gone in the wrong direction as a result of not understanding some of the first principles The best practices for...
Episode 37: Felipe Castro on Connecting Business Agility To OKRs
October 26, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBWe're back! And what an episode we have to kick things off. Joining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Felipe Castro, renowned author, speaker and trainer on objectives and key results (OKRs). In this episode, Mik and Felipe talk about how Felipe helps organizations transform how they use goals by adopting OKRs, and other key topics such as: How Felipe became an early adopter of OKRs Common mistakes organizations use when leveraging OKRs Why unlearning is the solution to change the ways...
Episode 36 - Summer Special
July 20, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MBIn this special episode of Mik + One, Mik summarizes some of his favorite episodes from the last 18 months and provides insight into some of his key takeaways including: - Interesting insights on scaling Agile and helping digital transformation succeed - The importance of equity, diversity and inclusion on value streams - The pivotal role of leadership’s responsibility on improving daily work - Flow Metrics and OKRs as a match made in heaven - How balancing portfolios to managing risk and de...
Episode 36: Summer Special with Dr. Mik Kersten
July 20, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 113 MBIn this special episode of Mik + One, Mik summarizes some of his favorite episodes from the last 18 months and provides insight into some of his key takeaways including: Interesting insights on scaling Agile and helping digital transformation succeed The importance of equity, diversity and inclusion on value streams The pivotal role of leadership’s responsibility on improving daily work Flow Metrics and OKRs as a match made in heaven How balancing portfolios to managing risk and debt ca...
Episode 35: Mik Kersten + Christian Idiodi
June 29, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes - 120 MBIn this episode, Mik is joined by Christian Idiodi, Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group. In this episode, Mik and Christian talk about how to establish product management disciplines and other key topics including: - Fascinating insights into how Christian got into product management, how he landed with Silicon Valley Product Group and insights about his own career - Establishing product management disciplines at multiple levels of the organization and why it is an important catalyst to...
Episode 35: Christian Idiodi on Product Management at All Levels
June 29, 2021 10:00 - 52 minutes - 120 MBIn this episode, Mik is joined by Christian Idiodi, Partner at Silicon Valley Product Group. Mik and Christian talk about how to establish product management disciplines and other key topics including: Fascinating insights into how Christian got into product management, how he landed within Silicon Valley Product Group and insights about his own career Establishing product management disciplines at multiple levels of the organization and why it is an important catalyst to successful trans...
Episode 34: Mik Kersten + Courtney Kissler
June 15, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 54.7 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Courtney Kissler, Chief Technology Officer at online retailer, Zulily. In this episode, Mik and Courtney talk about Courtney's experience in driving technological transformations and cover many key topics such as: - Courtney’s journey within DevOps and how her experience leading transformations at large enterprises including Nordstrom, Starbucks and Nike led her to Zulily - The importance of fixed capacity and creating a generative culture where t...
Episode 34: Courtney Kissler on Nike, Nordstrom, Starbucks and OKRs
June 15, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 54.7 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Courtney Kissler, Chief Technology Officer at online retailer, Zulily. In this episode, Mik and Courtney talk about Courtney's experience in driving technological transformations and cover many key topics such as: Courtney’s journey within DevOps and how her experience leading transformations at large enterprises including Nordstrom, Starbucks and Nike led her to Zulily The importance of fixed capacity and creating a generative culture where tea...
Episode 33: Mik Kersten + Scott Prugh
June 01, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 112 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Scott Prugh, Chief Technology Officer at CSG. In this episode, Mik and Scott talk about Scott’s experience and learnings from within the DevOps community, as well as many other key topics including: This episode covers: - The three domains in DevOps portfolio management and how to think about them independently, as well as how they reinforce each other - Flow Load and Work in Progress (WIP) and how organizations end up with a mismatch between capa...
Episode 33: Scott Prugh on Product Value Streams and Service Ownership
June 01, 2021 10:00 - 48 minutes - 112 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Scott Prugh, Chief Technology Officer at CSG. In this episode, Mik and Scott talk about Scott’s experience and learnings from within the DevOps community, as well as many other key topics including: The three domains in DevOps portfolio management and how to think about them independently, as well as how they reinforce each other Flow Load and Work in Progress (WIP) and how organizations end up with a mismatch between capacity and the work that’...
Episode 32: Mik Kersten + Carmen DeArdo
May 18, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Carmen DeArdo, Principal Flow Advisor and VSM Practice Lead at Tasktop, and co-author of the award winning book, Standing on Shoulders: A Leader’s Guide to Digital Transformation. This episode covers: - Insight into Carmen’s early experience at Nationwide and Bell Labs, and how he has applied his experience and learnings to help other organizations today - Carmen’s expertise with local optimization of the value stream and how he works with organiz...
Episode 32: Carmen DeArdo on Not Letting Your Work Manage You
May 18, 2021 10:00 - 47 minutes - 109 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Carmen DeArdo, Principal Flow Advisor and VSM Practice Lead at Tasktop, and co-author of the award-winning book, Standing on Shoulders: A Leader’s Guide to Digital Transformation. This episode covers: Insight into Carmen’s early experience at Nationwide and Bell Labs, and how he has applied his experience and learnings to help other organizations today Carmen’s expertise with local optimization of the value stream and how he works with organizat...
Episode 31: Mik Kersten + Gene Kim
May 04, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MBIn this episode of Mik + One, Mik sits down with Gene Kim, best-selling author of The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, as well as co-author of The DevOps Handbook. In this episode, Gene chats to Mik about the next book that he’s working on, and provides many insights into: - The journey of the Unicorn Project, the effect it had on technology leaders and how it changed their perspectives - A deeper look into the importance of Psychological safety and how this links to an organization...
Episode 31: Gene Kim on Psychological Safety and Communications Paths
May 04, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 127 MBIn this episode of Mik + One, Mik sits down with Gene Kim, best-selling author of The Phoenix Project and The Unicorn Project, as well as co-author of The DevOps Handbook. In this episode, Gene chats to Mik about the next book that he’s working on, and provides many insights into: The journey of the Unicorn Project, the effect it had on technology leaders and how it changed their perspectives A deeper look into the importance of Psychological Safety and how this links to an organization’s...
Episode 30: Mik Kersten + Brian Solis
April 20, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 79.5 MBIt’s episode 30 and what a guest we’ve got! Mik welcomes Brian Solis, Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce and world-renowned keynote speaker and an award winning author of eight bestselling books. In this episode, Mik and Brian cover a lot of ground and discuss many key topics including: - How people should think about their digital transformations in order to change their thinking in 2021 and adapt to the novel economy - Avoiding the pitfalls and traps of digital transformations and...
Episode 30: Brian Solis on the Digital Change Agents in the Novel Economy
April 20, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 79.5 MBIt’s episode 30 and what a guest we’ve got! Mik welcomes Brian Solis, Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce and world-renowned keynote speaker and an award-winning author of eight bestselling books. In this episode, Mik and Brian cover a lot of ground and discuss many key topics including: How people should think about their digital transformations in order to change their thinking in 2021 and adapt to the novel economy Avoiding the pitfalls and traps of digital transformations and g...
Episode 29: Mik Kersten + Maya Leibman & Ross Clanton
April 06, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 103 MBIn this episode, Mik is joined by two IT leaders from American Airlines: Maya Leibman, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, and Ross Clanton, Managing Director of Technology Transformation. Mik, Maya and Ross delve into American Airlines shift to digital innovation, including insights into: - Changing and influencing leaderships approach to IT, innovation and software - Working with finance to enable them to better understand software products and IT value streams - How A...
Episode 29: Maya Leibman and Ross Clanton on American Airlines Going Contactless
April 06, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 103 MBIn this episode, Mik is joined by two IT leaders from American Airlines: Maya Leibman, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, and Ross Clanton, Managing Director of Technology Transformation. Mik, Maya and Ross delve into American Airlines shift to digital innovation, including insights into: Changing and influencing leaderships approach to IT, innovation and software Working with finance to enable them to better understand software products and IT value streams How Amer...
Episode 28: Mik Kersten + Pieter Jordaan
March 23, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 151 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Pieter Jordaan, Group CTO at TUI, the world’s leading integrated tourism group operating in more than a hundred destinations worldwide. In this episode, Mik and Pieter discuss Pieter’s contribution to TUI’s successful transformation to cloud and product value streams, as well as other key discussion points including: - Pieter’s background and how he came to work for TUI, where the company was when he met Mik and the kind of business they were they...
Episode 28: Pieter Jordaan on TUI’s Incredible 6-Month Cloud Journey
March 23, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 151 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Pieter Jordaan, Group CTO at TUI, the world’s leading integrated tourism group operating in more than a hundred destinations worldwide. In this episode, Mik and Pieter discuss Pieter’s contribution to TUI’s successful transformation to cloud and product value streams, as well as other key discussion points including: Pieter’s background and how he came to work for TUI, where the company was when he met Mik and the kind of business they were doing...
Episode 27: Mik Kersten + Robin Yeman
March 09, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Robin Yeman, Senior Fellow and Agile DevSecOps Enterprise coach at Lockheed Martin. In this episode, Mik and Robin discuss how Robin approaches leadership with complex systems of systems and other key discussion points including: - Insight into Robin’s journey and PhD thesis, examining how to deploy complex system of systems using Agile and DevSecOps - The need to develop a common language by connecting the different systems, vocabularies, the way...
Episode 27: Robin Yeman on A Common Language Across Silos
March 09, 2021 11:00 - 50 minutes - 116 MBJoining Mik in this episode of Mik + One is Robin Yeman, Senior Fellow and Agile DevSecOps Enterprise coach at Lockheed Martin. In this episode, Mik and Robin discuss how Robin approaches leadership with complex systems of systems and other key discussion points including: Insight into Robin’s journey and PhD thesis, examining how to deploy complex system of systems using Agile and DevSecOps The need to develop a common language by connecting the different systems, vocabularies, the ways ...
Episode 26: Mik Kersten + Eric Willeke
February 23, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 126 MBIn this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Eric Willeke, Co-Founder and Principal of Elevate.to. In this episode, Mik and Eric touch on many key points around simplicity and flow to drive successful digital transformations, including: - Lean-agile techniques and helping organizations to understand agility, progress and reorganize around it - How inherent simplicity relates to flow and how to reverse Work in Progress (WIP) issues and bottlenecks - Agile sponsorships and the importance of...
Episode 26: Eric Willeke on the Metrics Killing Your Transformation
February 23, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 126 MBIn this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Eric Willeke, Co-Founder and Principal of Elevate.to. In this episode, Mik and Eric touch on many key points around simplicity and flow to drive successful digital transformations, including: Lean-agile techniques and helping organizations to understand agility, progress and reorganize around it How inherent simplicity relates to flow and how to reverse Work in Progress (WIP) issues and bottlenecks Agile sponsorships and the importance of ty...
Episode 25: Mik Kersten + Rene Te-Strote
February 09, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 93.9 MBIn this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Rene Te-Strote, Senior IT Project Lead for the BMW Group. In this episode, Mik and Rene discuss Rene’s contributions to innovate the BMW Group by mixing hardware and software development and other key discussion points including: - How Rene started his career in BMW, first working in a production plant and then moving to the IT department - Some of the foundational principles Rene applied to innovate and point the organization in the right dir...
Episode 25: Rene Te-Strote on The Future of Transport: Virtual Simulation
February 09, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 93.9 MBIn this episode of Mik + One, Mik is joined by Rene Te-Strote, Senior IT Project Lead for the BMW Group. In this episode, Mik and Rene discuss Rene’s contributions to innovate the BMW Group by mixing hardware and software development and other key discussion points including: How Rene started his career in BMW, first working in a production plant and then moving to the IT department Some of the foundational principles Rene applied to innovate and point the organization in the right direc...
Episode 24: Mik Kersten + Adrian Cockcroft
January 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 181 MBKicking off the first episode of 2021, Mik is joined by Adrian Cockcroft, VP of Cloud Architecture Strategy at Amazon Web Services. In this episode, Mik and Adrian discuss Adrian’s predictions for application architecture in 2021, what’s happening with microservices architecture and other key discussion points including: - Serverless services and why the time is now to use the fastest way to deliver these applications - Adrian’s guidance for using AWS’ new greenfield applications that can h...
Episode 24: Adrian Cockcroft on Serviceless Servers and Chaos Engineering
January 26, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 181 MBKicking off the first episode of 2021, Mik is joined by Adrian Cockcroft, VP of Cloud Architecture Strategy at Amazon Web Services. In this episode, Mik and Adrian discuss Adrian’s predictions for application architecture in 2021, what’s happening with microservices architecture and other key discussion points including: Serverless services and why the time is now to use the fastest way to deliver these applications Adrian’s guidance for using AWS’ new greenfield applications that can hel...
Episode 23: Mik Kersten + Gail Murphy
December 15, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBIn the final Mik + One episode of 2020, Mik is joined by Gail Murphy, Tasktop Co-Founder, and Professor of Computer Science and VP of Research and Innovation at the University of British Columbia. This episode with Mik and Gail includes discussion points around: - Insights into some of the cutting edge research projects Gail has led on productivity, tooling and development teams - Measuring individual, team and organizational productivity and unproductivity - Software development as a compl...
Episode 23: Gail Murphy on What Makes Us All Unproductive
December 15, 2020 11:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBIn the final Mik + One episode of 2020, Mik is joined by Gail Murphy, Tasktop Co-Founder, and Professor of Computer Science and VP of Research and Innovation at the University of British Columbia. This episode with Mik and Gail includes discussion points around: Insights into some of the cutting edge research projects Gail has led on productivity, tooling and development teams Measuring individual, team and organizational productivity and unproductivity Software development as a complex ...