Shonna @coderighter

I help new founders get their app idea to market. I show them its possible with whatever funding they have. coderighter.com Fairfax, VA Joined February 2012

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Justin Welsh @thejustinwelsh

9 months ago

If you've never created something of your own — a business, newsletter, website, app, course, blog, book, anything... You're missing out on the greatest avenue possible for reaching your potential.

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Transparent work processes help uncover inefficiencies and optimize workflows. Continuous improvement becomes easier when we can see where we can refine and streamline. bit.ly/3Z60AQv #SoftwareDevelopment #MakeYourWorkVisible

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Codie Sanchez @Codie_Sanchez

10 months ago

Your product should meet demand, not attempt to create it.

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

10 months ago

There are only three "planning poker" values that are useful: 1, Too F'ing big, and No F'ing clue. You can even get a card deck for that: estimation.lunarlogic.io

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

11 months ago

No good manager tells anybody what to do. The good ones describe a domain-level outcome or a business' strategic goal and trust the people doing the work to figure out the rest. This observation also applies to Product Managers/Owners.

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Tim Ottinger @tottinge

11 months ago

I'd rather work with a human than a requirements document. It's not that I'm gregarious, but I'm more likely to get what I need when I need it, have the info that backs it up, and have answers to the questions I actually have rather than the ones they predicted I might.

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

11 months ago

People keep asking me about how to get into Agile Coaching/Consulting as a profession. I don't want to sound like a gatekeeper here, but it's not an entry-level job. Sorry.

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Extinguished Engineer @ExtinguishedEng

11 months ago

I have seen teams complete hundreds of story points, and the business impact was exactly the same as if they'd taken six-month vacations. Points are dust on the scale. I can live with using them, but please don't talk about them like they mean something.

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

12 months ago

The hard-metric obsession in the software engineering community is ineffective at best and destructive at worst. The military demonstrated (but maybe not learned) that lesson in the Vietnam War (see McNamara fallacy). Deming was absolutely right when he said, “You can only…

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

12 months ago

Re user/customer feedback: First, questionnaires don't seem to work very well. They typically ask the wrong questions, are too narrow in scope, and often have an implied bias. An actual conversation is better. Chatting while you watch a user/customer work is ideal, provided that…

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Doc Norton @DocOnDev

a year ago

Making work visible is secret sauce for effective software teams. It promotes transparency and collaboration. #SoftwareDevelopment #MakeYourWorkVisible

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Justin Welsh @thejustinwelsh

a year ago

Curiosity takes you farther than judgment. Instead of saying, "That's wrong," say, "That's interesting." Ask a question. Try to understand. The moment you think you know everything, you're doomed.

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

a year ago

The Vegas principle applies to the inner workings of a team: What goes on in the team stays in the team. Transparency is essential in agile organizations. But this does NOT mean that you deliberately expose your team to micromanagement and the like. Don't, for example, supply…

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

a year ago

Don't budget work. Don't budget projects. Instead, invest in a team, then assess the work and have that team work on the most valuable thing. Starting with the budget is a failed strategy. Money is a constraint, not a driver. If your customers really are demanding something, then…

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

a year ago

Re roadmaps: I strongly believe in strategic roadmaps. In my experience, tactical ones are usually a waste of time. One reason I don't really like the term "roadmap" is that it implies a well-defined route to me. I think more in terms of a sea chart. Set a strategic goal, map the…

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

a year ago

@goneflyin Combine Git with TDD "tests" as spec, and most regulatory issues are covered. I have worked with auditors who were happy with the Git+TDD approach, so this is not a theory. They were actually happier with TDD specs than paper ones, in fact, because it was easy to determine that…

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

a year ago

"Concerned about the possibility of developers running out of tasks." The more I think of this, the more I see wrong. The core problem, I think, is that an organization like that does not have a product focus. When the team mandate is "improve the product," there's an infinite…

farciarz ⎷⃣ @farciarz

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

a year ago

Hard WIP limits on a backlog are critical. The backlog is small and of limited size. Nothing goes on unless something comes off. Engineering must be absolutely hard nosed about this. Not only does it improve engineering productivity, but it imposes business discipline on the…

Martien @Martien

a year ago

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Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub

a year ago

Can somebody explain to me what a "Delivery Manager" does that can't be done better by a good automated DevOps system and a well-functioning dev team?

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Woody Zuill @WoodyZuill

a year ago

Finishing a project "on budget and on time" is not an indication of success. It is often merely the result of gaming an easily gamed system. #BeyondEstimates