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3x Explore, Expand, Extract - Kent Beck ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlJN6_4yI2A ) Question, to be asked early on. small investment - big investment (—) return on investment (red line) waterfall resurgence let’s first do a market survey let’s do a business model refinement let’s then develop QA new product development with waterfall large investment, small chance of payout Question: what do you have to lose? first question I need to ask, to decide how to operate...

Video: Beyond Agile Programming @ Startup Lessons Learned - Kent Beck (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4qldY0g_dI)

Video: Continued Learning the beauty of maintenance - Kent Beck (https://youtu.be/3gib0hKYjB0)

Making Architecture Matter - Martin Fowler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DngAZyWMGR0) All opinions stolen from Ralph [ ] whitepaper on my site definition 1 “architecture is a social thing” usually imperfect understanding definition 2 first you need to figure out what is important What do I need to keep at the front of my head Statements: Counters: moral: we need to be professional -> if you take that line, you’ve lost -> craftsmanship vs economics => economics wins what is quality - assumption: trade-off between quality and cost, like with things we buy !...

Not Just Code Monkeys - Martin Fowler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E3xfR6IBII) Where are we going to apply our talents Is what we are doing useful? eg. women 50% of population underrepresented groups are pushed away “the behaviour you walk past, is the behaviour you accept”

Refactoring - Martin Fowler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wDoopbtEqk) second edition intention vs implementation if it differs, you want to create a function === Q&A === What is the purpose of refactoring? Because we want to deliver features faster. Make it so we only need to understand a small part of the code. Refactoring is about speed. “If only it was designed” To make a change: make the change easy make the easy change -–...

A Retake on the Agile Manifesto - Humble, Thomas, Badiceanu, Fowler & Kirk ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNvmjPzdqKc ) Quote_ true culture Quick & Easy Kaizen Ask people how they could solve an issue they have. Tell them to implement the solution Can I buy Agile? Pay people to solve their own problems Pay for education

Navigating Politics in Agile or Lean Initiatives - Katherine Kirk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIbOf27rKvE) tribe depends on context it’s not a tribe, I wouldn’t die for it up to 10 people anonymity freedom [ ] Documentary: The Corporation, 2003 [ ] Book: Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths go to work...

SWARMing: Scaling Without A Religious Methodology - Katherine Kirk & Dan North (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q87wNNiygaM) lead time: time between ‘I have a need’ and ’thank you’ …oh crap… I’ll wait till you get back to me “we need to do the method better!” “we need to do it more!” 2 simple concepts trigger leadership and help go from large to small scale delivery aka 3 characteristics of context...

Video: The Heart of Agile - Alistair Cockburn () decisions are the car parts in manufacturing