You know how it is: all metrics can, and will, be gamed. So using metrics is always a balancing act: how much can you learn from a single metric, how resistant is it to being gamed, and does it have a counterbalance that avoids pushing the organisation too far in one direction?
Read moreAre you familiar with the term resiliency? Not the one used in psychology, the one used in technology.
Read moreDid you know: tech work isn’t about tech 🚀…it’s about humans. No, really. Katherine Porfilio refreshed this thought in my mind this morning with her latest post.
Read more🐙 You think deploying software is painful and expensive? Try not deploying it! To tie it back to theory quickly: those who have come in contact with Lean manufacturing will recognise “inventory” as one of the nine wastes Lean defines (the -> I in TIMWOODS :-) )
Read moreBecause I think you do. You see, Mac Andreessen’s famous quote about how “software is eating the world” is surprisingly close to the mark.
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