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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

Video: What Does Tech Excellence Look Like? - Martin Fowler (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avs70dZ3Vlk) software goes live -> business decision small: 2 pizza business oriented: path through to the customer autonomous: everything in team they need to create value (connections to business ppl) long term coherence and either the business function or the code they produce every developer should be on first name bases with a user leader not neccessarily be programming themselves daily, but should be able to recognition from peers purchases of tools by ppl who will use it...

Agile Fluency - Ahmed Avais (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3pUncWB2N4) OMV model Objective Measure (how will you know) Value (back to org) Agile Fluency Model - Not for business agility -> team based History: created during the framework wars [ ] Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great [ ] Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams [ ] Five Rules for Accelerated Learning [ ] The Art of Agile Development...

Agile Fluency - James Shore ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt6SN6jhacc ) several levels of proficiency fluency = unconscious competence [ ] ?? which other levels? fluency at ANY zone is valuable Model_ company success = business + technology + personal success Business success makes the company. TL;DR many teams huge business success lousy code """ I work with a lot of teams that have huge business success, but have really lousy code....