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Software Delivery in Small Batches

116 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago -

Adam Hawkins presents the theory and practices behind software delivery excellence. Topics include DevOps, lean, software architecture, continuous delivery, and interviews with industry leaders.

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Skill Zero: Test Driven Development

April 22, 2024 19:47 - 13 minutes - 25 MB

Adam presents TDD as skill zero, the one that unlocks all the others. Want more? πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 April 2024 Giveaway instructions 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence β˜•οΈ Small Batches #65: Systems Thinking β˜•οΈ Dave Farley on Small Batches πŸ“˜ Tidy First? by Kent Beck Chapters (00:00) - Skill Zero: Test Driven Development (00:25) - Intro (01:32) - Free April Giveaway (02:27) - Skill Zero (04:06) - Learning from Management (05...

On Ops Reviews

April 09, 2024 04:07 - 9 minutes - 18 MB

Adam presents a catch-all episode on ops reviews, visual management, call-to-actions, and SLOs. Want more? πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 April 2024 Giveaway instructions 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence β˜•οΈ Small Batches #104: Blue-Yellow-Black Visual Management β˜•οΈ Small Batches #26: Service Level Objectives with Alex Hidalgo β˜•οΈ Small Batches #103: Understanding Production Operations πŸ₯‹ How to Find your Initial SLOs on Software Kaizen Cha...

DevOps Patterns for Private Equity with Dave Mangot

March 25, 2024 10:00 - 43 minutes - 79.5 MB

Dave Mangot returns to discuss his new book "DevOps Patterns for Private Equity". Don't let the title fool you, this is best introduction to DevOps and many related software delivery topics. Buy this book for anyone in leadership. Want more? πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE March 2024 book giveaway 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence πŸ“˜ DevOps Patterns for Private Equity (Dave's Book) β˜•οΈ Small Batches #37: The Five Dysfunctions of ...

Blue-Yellow-Black Visual Management

March 11, 2024 18:01 - 16 minutes - 30.9 MB

Adam presents visual management using simple blue, yellow, and black color grading. This is an essential episode. Want more? πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 March 2024 Giveaway instructions 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence πŸ“˜ Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn (Katie's Book) β˜•οΈ Small Batches #102: Chain of Learning with Katie Anderson πŸ₯‹ The Toyota Way on Software Kaizen Chapters (00:00) - Blue, Yellow, Black (00:22) - Background (01:20) ...

Understanding Production Operations

February 27, 2024 02:09 - 11 minutes - 20.3 MB

Adam presents a series of questions to understand production operations, plus a method to practice: MMIVM. That's Model-Measure-Instrument-Visualize-Monitor. Want more? πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 🎁 Enter the February 2024 Book Giveaway! β˜•οΈ Small Batches #90: As Measured By β˜•οΈ Small Batches #88: Golden Signals Chapters (00:00) - Understanding Production Operations (00:23) - You Build it, You Run it (01:...

Chain of Learning with Katie Anderson

February 12, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes - 105 MB

Adam's welcomes Katie Anderson to the show to discuss her book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn, lean thinking, and the powerful growth mindset. Want more? πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence πŸ“˜ Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn (Katie's Book) 🎧 Chain of Learning (Katie's Podcast) β˜•οΈ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn Chapters (00:00) - Chain of Learning with Katie Anderson (00:23) - Today's Episode (01:13)...

Words of the Year

January 29, 2024 10:00 - 8 minutes - 16.1 MB

Adam's two most common words (verbal ticks even) from 2023. Is it a party foul to bring lean thinking into a New Year's Eve party? Want more? πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence β˜•οΈ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn β˜•οΈ Small Batches #87: Set-Based Concurrent Engineering πŸ“˜ Managing to Learn πŸ“˜ Lean Product & Process Development Chapters (00:00) - Intro (00:47) - News: Website Updates (01:10) - News: Free Givea...

Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge with John Willis

January 16, 2024 16:18 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Adam welcomes John Willis to discuss his new book, Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge. We discuss why John wrote the book, Deming's career arc, and how we put Deming's ideas into action. The print edition is available now. Listen through to the end for announcements from Adam and John. Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE guide to software delivery excellence πŸ“˜ Buy Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge 🎁 Enter my FREE giveaway from a copy of Wiring the Wi...

Wiring the Winning Organization

January 01, 2024 19:18 - 15 minutes - 28.8 MB

Adam presents the ideas in Wiring the Winning Organization with a vignette from his time on gemba. Plus, a giveaway! Here's how to win a FREE copy of Wiring the Winning Organization. First, follow me on LinkedIn. Second, post a link to Small Batches podcast episode with what you learned using the #SmallBatchesGiveaway hashtag. The giveaway runs through January 2024. The winner will be announced on February 1st. You can enter as many times as you like. Want more? β˜… Support this ...

Tips for New Managers

November 20, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 10.2 MB

Twelve tips for first-time engineering managers. Want more? β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜… πŸš€ New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence

Boundaries

August 07, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 16.2 MB

Adam presents thinking about boundaries, testing, and software design. Want more? β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜… πŸš€ New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence πŸ–₯️ Alistair Cockburn's posts on Hexagonal Architecture πŸ“˜ New Book! Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge by John Willis β˜•οΈ Small Batches #22: Derek Comartin on Service Boundaries

Estimates

July 04, 2023 03:39 - 10 minutes - 19.4 MB

Adam presents how he thinks about estimates and delivery. Plus, a special announcement on something new! Want more? β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜… πŸš€ New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence πŸ₯‹ The Software Kaizen Substack πŸ“˜ Principles of Product Development Flow πŸ“˜ Making Work VisibleΒ  β˜•οΈ Small Batches #86 - Flow: A Mental Model Chapters (00:00) - 096 - Estimates (01:13) - Intro (01:33) - Estimates (03:41) - Problem One: Dynam...

The Mental Model

June 19, 2023 22:01 - 7 minutes - 13.4 MB

Adam presents mental model behind lean and agile. The mental model accepts we don't know the path forward, thus we must optimize for learning it. Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here. Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: 🧠 The Small Batches Way study guideΒ  πŸ“˜ The Fifth Discipline πŸ“˜ The Learn Startup β˜•οΈ Small Batches #39 - The High-Velocity Edge β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Language Choice

June 05, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes - 15.1 MB

Adam presents the rationale behind choosing a language or tech stack. Spoiler alert: it's irrelevant to software delivery performance.Β  Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start here. πŸ“˜ Accelerate - The science of software delivery performance πŸ“˜ The DevOps Handbook β˜•οΈ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking 🧠 The DORA report β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Drift into Failure

May 22, 2023 10:00 - 5 minutes - 9.91 MB

Adam presents thoughts on Sidney Dekker's book "Drift into Failure". Β  πŸš€ New listener? Start here. πŸ“˜ Drift into Failure by Sidney Dekker πŸ“˜ The Field Guide to Understanding "Human Error" by Sidney Dekker β˜•οΈ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking πŸ“Ή The Pursuit of Success & Averting Drift into Failure - Sidney Dekker (DOES 2017) Editor's note: There is an error in the recording. Adam mistakenly refers to Challenger when he means Columbia. β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

The Agile Manifesto

May 09, 2023 05:49 - 7 minutes - 13.1 MB

Adam revisits the historic Agile Manifesto. Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start here. 🧠 The Agile Manifesto πŸ“˜The Art of Agile Development by James Shore πŸ“˜The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim β˜•οΈ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Iterations & Increments

April 25, 2023 06:33 - 7 minutes - 13.7 MB

Adam shares an example of breaking work into increments and iterations. Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start here. πŸ“˜ Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley β˜•οΈ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

As Measured By

April 11, 2023 05:34 - 4 minutes - 8.81 MB

Adam shows how the phrase, "as measured by", encourages empirical and scientific thinking. Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start here. πŸ“˜ Measure what Matters by John DoerrΒ  β˜•οΈ Small Batches #88 - Golden Signals β˜•οΈ Small Batches #84 - Deming & The System of Profound Knowledge β˜•οΈ Small Batches #69 - Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Introduction

March 28, 2023 06:35 - 7 minutes - 12.8 MB

Adam describes the aims of this podcast and what listeners can expect. Here's the best way to start down the path: 1. Envision the ideal: Small Batches #83 2. Study the origin: Small Batches #84 3. Build a mental model of the software delivery value stream: Small Batches #73 4. Follow me on LinkedIn for daily software delivery education 5. Create a self-study plan: Small Batches #71 6. Supplement with my catalog of episodes 7. Go to the gemba and start iterating πŸ’ͺ🏼 Want even more?...

Golden Signals

March 14, 2023 06:49 - 9 minutes - 17.8 MB

Adam presents the four golden signals for steering production operations. Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here. Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: πŸ“˜ Release It! Design & Deploy production-ready Software πŸ“˜ Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems β˜•οΈ Small Batches #26 - Service Level Objectives with Alex Hidalgo β˜•οΈ Small Batches #75 - DevOps 101 🧠 The USE Metrics Framework 🧠 Monitoring Distributed...

Set-Based Concurrent Engineering

February 28, 2023 05:32 - 6 minutes - 11.3 MB

Adam comments on the importance of creating a menu of viable alternatives when problem-solving. Show notes πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence πŸ“˜ Understanding A3 Thinking πŸ“˜ Toyota Kata πŸ“˜ Lean Product & Process Development β˜•οΈ Small Batches #77 - Managing to Learn β˜•οΈ Small Batches #62 - Four Types of Problems β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Flow: A Mental Model

February 14, 2023 04:44 - 8 minutes - 15.7 MB

Adam introduces the idea of "flow" beginning with the Theory of Constraints and ending with value stream networks. Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here. Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: πŸ“˜ The GoalΒ  πŸ“˜ Making Work Visible πŸ“˜ Principles of Product Development Flow πŸ“˜ Goldratt's Rule of Flow πŸ“˜ Value Stream Mapping πŸ“˜ Project to Product (introducing the Flow Framework) β˜•οΈ Small Batches #42 - Kanban & Jidoka β˜… Support thi...

Core Ideas

January 31, 2023 01:35 - 7 minutes - 14.6 MB

Learn More NEW! The Small Batches Slack App Toyota Kata Pocket Guide Small Batches #71: Recommended Reading Small Batches #84: Deming The Flow Collective β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Dr. Deming

January 16, 2023 18:55 - 14 minutes - 26.2 MB

Adam connects Deming's trips to Japan in 1950 with modern software delivery. This is an essential episode. Deming on Small Batches: β˜•οΈ Small Batches #100: Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge with John Willis β˜•οΈ Small Batches #67: The Red Beads (Deming's experiment to introduce SPok) β˜•οΈ Small Batches #49: Variation β˜•οΈ Small Batches #50: Introducing Dr. Deming with John Willis β˜•οΈ Small Batches #51: System of Profound Knowledge with John Willis β˜•οΈ Small Batches #52: Understan...

The Ideal

December 19, 2022 10:00 - 7 minutes - 13.2 MB

Adam shares an end-of-year reflection on pursuing the lean ideal. This is the last episode of 2022. Small Batches will return in 2023. β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Leadership is Language

December 05, 2022 10:00 - 13 minutes - 24.5 MB

Adam presents the language used to call the plays from Leadership is Language as told in The Project Banana episode.Β  Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence β˜•οΈ Small Batches #80: Project Banana β˜•οΈ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn β˜•οΈ Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit πŸ“˜ Leadership is Language β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Redwork / Bluework

November 21, 2022 10:00 - 7 minutes - 12.9 MB

Adam presents the concept of redwork and bluework presented in the book "Leadership is Language". Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence β˜•οΈ Small Batches #80: Project Banana β˜•οΈ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn β˜•οΈ Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit πŸ“˜ Leadership is Language β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Project Banana

November 07, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes - 71.2 MB

Something completely different. This episode is a short story about leadership, communication, and collaboration. Chapters (00:00) - 080 - Project Banana (00:37) - Project Banana (03:38) - Launch Day (07:10) - Preflight Checks (08:02) - Deploy the Proxy (11:27) - ANDON! (14:55) - Collaborate (26:40) - The Coach (32:46) - Complete (35:50) - Improve Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence β˜•οΈ Small Bat...

Product Management with Saeed Khan

October 21, 2022 17:21 - 57 minutes - 46.1 MB

Learn More NEW! The Small Batches Slack App Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective (Come join Saeed and I) Saeed's post on the Business Vision, Product Vision, Product Objectives, Product Strategy, and Roadmap hierarchy β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Lean Leadership

October 10, 2022 10:00 - 6 minutes - 12.2 MB

Learn More NEW! The Small Batches Slack App Toyota Kata Pocket Guide Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge (Part One) The Flow Collective β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Managing to Learn

September 27, 2022 02:50 - 6 minutes - 11.8 MB

Adam summarizes John Shook's book "Managing to Learn" on the A3 problem-solving process. Show Notes β˜•οΈ Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way β˜•οΈ Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge πŸ“˜ Managing to Learn πŸ“˜ Understanding A3 Thinking 🧠 More on the A3 Process with Examples 🎁 My Annotated A3 Template Miro Board β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

The Coaching Habit

September 12, 2022 10:00 - 7 minutes - 13.3 MB

Learn More NEW! Get Small Batches Slack App Toyota Kata Pocket Guide Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge (Part One) The Coaching Habit (2016) The Flow Collective β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

DevOps 101

August 30, 2022 03:35 - 5 minutes - 9.63 MB

Recommend Reading πŸ“˜ The New Economics by Dr. Deming πŸ“˜ The High-Velocity Edge by Dr. Steven Spear πŸ“˜ The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge πŸ“˜ The Toyota Way by Jeffery Liker πŸ“˜ The Toyota Kata by Mike Rother πŸ“˜ The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald Reinersten πŸ“˜ Making Work Visible by Dominica de Grandis πŸ“˜ Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley πŸ“˜ The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick de Bois, John Willis πŸ“˜ The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Be...

System Archetypes

August 16, 2022 05:01 - 6 minutes - 11.4 MB

Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective Links Small Batches #65: Systems Thinking The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Lean Software Delivery 101

August 02, 2022 06:26 - 6 minutes - 9.06 MB

Recommend Reading πŸ“˜ The New Economics by Dr. Deming πŸ“˜ The High-Velocity Edge by Dr. Steven Spear πŸ“˜ The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge πŸ“˜ The Toyota Way by Jeffery Liker πŸ“˜ The Toyota Kata by Mike Rother πŸ“˜ The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald Reinersten πŸ“˜ Making Work Visible by Dominica de Grandis πŸ“˜ Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley πŸ“˜ The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick de Bois, John Willis πŸ“˜ The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Be...

Percent Complete and Accurate

July 18, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 9.62 MB

Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective Links Small Batches #1: The DevOps Handbook Small Batches #70: Deployment Pipelines Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge - Part One Value Stream Mapping by Karen Martin and Mike Osterling β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Recommend Reading

July 04, 2022 20:49 - 8 minutes - 15.6 MB

Recommend Reading πŸ“˜ The New Economics by Dr. Deming πŸ“˜ The High-Velocity Edge by Dr. Steven Spear πŸ“˜ The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge πŸ“˜ The Toyota Way by Jeffery Liker πŸ“˜ The Toyota Kata by Mike Rother πŸ“˜ The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald Reinersten πŸ“˜ Making Work Visible by Dominica de Grandis πŸ“˜ Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley πŸ“˜ The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick de Bois, John Willis πŸ“˜ The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Be...

Deployment Pipelines

June 20, 2022 21:24 - 9 minutes - 17.2 MB

Links Small Batches #17: Continuous Delivery with Dave Farley Small Batches #63: Modern Software Engineering Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)

June 07, 2022 05:07 - 6 minutes - 11.9 MB

Explore the tip of scientific thinking, lean, and kaizen with Dr. Deming's PDCA loop. Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Email Course War & Peace & IT Pocket Guide Links Adam Hawkins on Twitter Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn Adam Hawkins' website Small Batches #50: Introducing Dr. Deming with John Willis Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge Lean Lexicon: PDCA Lean...

Inflection Points

May 24, 2022 06:01 - 4 minutes - 8.01 MB

Links Small Batches #22: Boundaries with Derek Comartin Small Batches #38: Dev Environments with Bryan Finster β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

The Red Beads

May 09, 2022 10:00 - 7 minutes - 14.5 MB

Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Email Course War & Peace & IT Pocket Guide Links Adam Hawkins on Twitter Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn Adam Hawkins' website Profound Podcast Small Batches #49: Dr. Deming on Variation Small Batches #50: Introducing Dr. Deming with John Willis β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

The 5S Method

April 25, 2022 16:11 - 8 minutes - 14.7 MB

How to use the 5S method plus the PFEP (Plan for Every Part) to reach the target condition of stable production operations. Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Email Course War & Peace & IT Pocket Guide Links Adam Hawkins on Twitter Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn Adam Hawkins' website Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way Get Involved Follow @smallbatchesfm on Twitter and tw...

Systems Thinking

April 12, 2022 07:03 - 6 minutes - 9.37 MB

Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Email Course War & Peace & IT Pocket Guide Links Adam Hawkins on Twitter Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn Adam Hawkins' website The New Economics by Dr. Deming (Book) The Fifth Discipline Small Batches #51: The System of Profound Knowledge with John Willis β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Canary Deploys

March 28, 2022 10:00 - 5 minutes - 6.96 MB

This one comes from the episode jar. Canary deploys use deploy an experimental change prior to a larger change. If the canary change is successful, then proceed as normal. Otherwise, back off and readjust. Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Email Course War & Peace & IT Pocket Guide Links Adam Hawkins on Twitter Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn Adam Hawkins' website Release...

Modern Software Engineering

March 14, 2022 10:00 - 6 minutes - 9.09 MB

A look into the ideas of empiricism, iteration, and incrementalism applied to software engineering. These are the code ideas of Dave Farley's 2022 book "Modern Software Engineering". Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence πŸ“˜ Modern Software Engineering πŸ“˜ The Pragmatic Programmer β˜•οΈ Small Batches #17: Continuous Delivery with Dave Farley β˜•οΈ Small Batches #61: Extreme Programming Explained πŸ“Ί Dave'sΒ Continuou...

The Four Types of Problems

February 28, 2022 10:00 - 6 minutes - 9.22 MB

Adam presents "The Four Types of Problems" by Art Smalley. The types are troubleshooting, gap from standard, target condition, and open-ended. Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence β˜•οΈ Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way β˜•οΈ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn πŸ“˜ The Four Types of Problems πŸ“˜ The Toyota Kata β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Extreme Programming

February 14, 2022 17:24 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MB

Let's go back in time to linger on the works of the master thinkers. This episode presents Kent Beck's book "Extreme Programming Explained". I'm hard-pressed to find anything that's irrelevant or that I disagree with. Links Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley Extreme Programming at Pivotal β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

The Principles of Product Development Flow

December 06, 2021 10:00 - 7 minutes - 6.5 MB

Adam presents a summary of Donald Reinertsen's 2009 book. Tl;DR: understand the price of work, optimize for flow through queues, use WIP constraints, reduce batch sizes, and prefer decentralization. Learn More πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence β˜•οΈ Small Batches #59: Time Thieves β˜•οΈ Small Batches #58: Queuing Theory πŸ“˜ Principles of Product Development Flow β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

Time Thieves

November 22, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes - 7.94 MB

Adam presents the "five time thieves" described in Dominica DeGrandis' book Making Work Visible. The thieves are: too much WIP (work-in-progress), unknown dependencies, conflicting priorities, neglected work, and (the most annoying of the bunch) interrupts. Learn More β˜•οΈ Small Batches #60: Principles of Product Development Flow β˜•οΈ Small Batches #58: Queuing Theory πŸ“˜ Principles of Product Development Flow πŸ“˜ Making Work Visible 🧠 Dominica DeGrandis on the Profound Podcast β˜… S...

Queuing Theory

November 08, 2021 10:00 - 8 minutes - 7.94 MB

Adam presents applying the mathematics behind queueing theory to software delivery. Also, an announcement! Links NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams πŸš€ New listener? Start with the introduction. β˜•οΈ Small Batches #59: Time Thieves β˜•οΈ Small Batches #60: Principles of Product Development Flow πŸ“˜ Principles of Product Development Flow πŸ“˜ Making Work Visible β˜… Support this podcast on Patreon β˜…

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