Engineering Culture By Infoq

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Steve Persch of Panthion about supporting open source communities and leading technical teams Why listen to this podcast: • Communities need to be nurtured and supported • The open source community is based around the idea that you can build on the knowledge of others • Leadership technical teams can be challenging and there are some simple (but not easy) things that can be dome to be better at it • The goal should never be to follow a brand or methodology slavishly – it should always be about solving customer problems and delivering business value • Successful projects happen as a result of the people who work together, not the technology used More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/30Xi6rq You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to David McAllister about building technical communities. Why listen to this podcast: • A community comes together around a common shared interest of some sort • Communities need to be actively nurtured in a similar way to open source projects • Communities require constant tuning, and this means you need to figure out ways to measure them • Different types of content work for different members of the community and in different contexts – ensure your content matches the intent • “Collecting data is only the first step towards wisdom, sharing data is the first step towards community” More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/3asqUtV You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedI

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Kevin Callahan about positive organisational design and organisations as complex systems Why listen to this podcast: • Positive organisation development starts with areas where you are strong and builds on those, rather than focusing on weaknesses and negative areas • Involving people to open up “what could be” which starts a change effort that makes it possible to achieve • Start by trusting that people want to do amazing work • Organisations are complex systems and need to be treated as such • In complex systems the balance of pressures is necessary, and in many organisations one or other area becomes predominant (eg revenue or cost saving pressure) and this causes the system to become brittle More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/36Qj5fk You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive w

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Arie van Bennekum about Liquid Manifesto, a transformation framework to help organisations shift from old paradigms to new ones. Why listen to this podcast: • The Liquid Manifesto is a transformation framework to help organisations shift from old paradigms to new ones • Changing paradigms is the most difficult thing to do because bringing in new paradigms takes time and old paradigms define reflexes under stress • Your organisation has the have the capability to respond to change, if not you die • A Liquid organisation has people and teams who can work independently while remaining coherent, flowing together towards a common goal • A liquid organisation has a common cause, you know why you are there, you are connected while being very self-organising and you look for continuous improvement More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2sIBCeV You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekl

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Scott Duncan about his InfoQ book Understanding Agile Values & Principles. An Examination of the Agile Manifesto. Why listen to this podcast: • The Agile Manifesto was written as a set of values and principles for improving software development outcomes • There are many brands, frameworks and methodologies which were represented at the Snowbird Lightweight Methods Conference where the manifesto was written • The authors were looking for common ground and the four values of the manifesto represented their collective agreement on the mindset which should underly software development • There is a difference between doing the practices of any agile method and being agile in mindset • Approaches such as Modern Agile and Heart of Agile are focused on returning to the underlying philosophy with a humanistic focus and moving away from prescriptive practice adoption More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/37qs9

In this special year-end wrap-up podcast Wes Reisz, Shane Hastie, Daniel Bryant, and Charles Humble discuss what we’ve seen in 2019 and speculate a little on what we hope to see in 2020. Topics include business agility and Teal, what it means to be an ethical engineer, bringing your whole self to work, highlights from QCon and InfoQ during 2019, the rise of Python, and progress in quantum computing. Why listen to this podcast: * Business agility is one of the major themes that the InfoQ team has seen emerge this year, with stronger emphasis on outcomes over outputs. We’ve also seen a growing interest in ethics and the ethical implications of the work we all do. * On the programming languages front the rise of Python continues, driven largely by its popularity in data science. * As Kubernetes cements its dominant position we’re hoping to see a simplification of the workflows associated with it, as well as in areas like observability. * There have been several big announcements in quantum computing in the pas

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke Ivar Jacobson about his work on the latest approach to use cases – Use Case 2.0. This is the second of two podcasts with Ivar – the first one exploring the Essence of Software can be found here: http://bit.ly/2OQEi2s Why listen to this podcast: • Use Case 2.0 expand on the ideas embodied in user stories • Some up-front design is needed in all software development projects • For any product you need the skeleton system that has the key requirements embodied in it early on • Any system should be able to be represented by between 10 and 20 key use cases More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2DEPM2m You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ Follow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast, recorded at the Agile on the Beach New Zealand conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Michael & Audree Sahota about their work on helping leaders change to enable high performance Why listen to this podcast • Organisational transformation is about a deep shift from our current way of working and being into a completely different way of working and being which requires of us to grow and develop as human beings • In high-performance organisations people are willing to examine their egos, their leadership styles, their practices in order to learn and grow as a human being • As leaders we need to become aware of how we are showing up to others and then apply our problem-solving skills to deliberately choosing to adopt new ways of thinking and behaving • We’ve known from solid research over the last 20+ years that the only factor that matters about having an engaged

In this podcast, recorded at the Agile India 2019 conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Maartje Wolff and Fennande van der Meulen. Why listen to this podcast: • If you want to transform organisations and make them future-proof, then happiness is crucial to success because happy people get better outcomes • When people feel they have a meaningful job that contributes to meaningful results, feel connected to their colleagues and are able to have fun at work they are more engaged which gives better results for the individuals and for the company • The drivers for happiness are different for each person – there is no single recipe that can be applied to every organisation • Happy companies have formulated their purpose very clearly and have translated that purpose to values and linked those values to behaviours • The four pillars of a happy workplace are: o Purpose – having a meaningful job o People – feeling connected, belonging to the group o Progress – making progress tow

In this podcast, recorded at the Agile India 2019 conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Dave Farley about what it means to build a real profession of software engineering. Why listen to this podcast: • At the very hard end of computing you need genuine engineering disciplines to be successful • Most of the previous definitions of software engineering have got it wrong because they tried to be too prescriptive • In many ways software development is a fashion industry – we chose technologies, languages and approaches based on who if the most persuasive orator rather than empirical evidence • Extreme Programming and continuous delivery have the characteristics of genuine engineering disciplines because they are focused on the engineering practices that enable you to build high-quality products fast • Pair programming unlocks the capability of individuals and teams to learn More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/33B2YAz You can also subscribe to

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Travis Kimmel of Gitprime about the challenges of being an engineering manager, the value of metrics and how to use them wisely Why listen to this podcast: • There is lots of information about the “stuff” of engineering, but very little on the human processes of engineering • Without a data layer that gives insight into the process the manager needs to interrupt the flow of work to understand what’s happening • The difficulty in running an engineering team is ensuring that the impulse to build is aligned with the overall business goals • The state of nature for engineering is a group of people building interesting things that make sense from a business value perspective – if any of these point stops being true then dysfunction creeps in • The data generated by a team should be consumed by the manager of that team and they use it to te

In this podcast, recorded at the Agile on the Beach New Zealand conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Lynne Cazaly about the dangers of perfectionism and using visual tools to make sense of information and ideas. Why listen to this podcast: • “Ish” has come to mean approximately or good enough • Perfectionism is the opposite of “ish” and is dangerous • We often overcomplicate things and spend inordinate amounts of time trying to achieve a standard that is not necessary • Perfectionism is a serious problem today and is causing personal and social harm • Sensemaking as a way of understanding the deeper meaning of what is being talked about or expressed More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2PsGwW6 You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq Subscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq Like InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8 Follow on Twitter: twit

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke Ivar Jacobson about his work defining the essence of software engineering. Why listen to this podcast: • Method prisons capture mean that the practices of different methods are not seen as complimentary and mixing approaches is very hard • Most large organisations have adopted many methods created by many different gurus which often results in chaos and misunderstanding across groups are trying to achieve the same outcomes with different approaches • Software development is the largest expense in today’s economy – globally organisations spend more money on software than any other aspect of their business • Using the Essence language methods can be described using a common taxonomy and this enables bringing ideas from multiple approaches together in a way that enables them to be adapted to a specific context • The kernel of software engine

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Jeff DeLuca, founder of Feature Driven Development and an early agile development pioneer, on the background to FDD, Java modelling with colour and transforming large organisations to product thinking. Why listen to this podcast: • The first value statement of the Agile Manifesto (Individuals and interactions over processes and tools) is the key to agility, and yet agile is often equated with processes and tools today • In the traditional, siloed environment, the structure that delivers value (the project) is transient and moving to a NoProjects/product structure results in better outcomes and higher value for the whole organisation • Aligning KPIs and metrics with business outcomes across the whole cross functional team results in faster problem resolution and better products • Changing just one part of the organisation can have very detrimental impacts on other parts and can be detrimental overall and needs to be approached with

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast, recorded at the Agile India 2019 conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, first spoke to Jeremy Kriegel about design innovation and then with Doc Norton about why Tuckman was wrong and how dynamic reteaming makes organisations more resilient. Why listen to this podcast: • Working to bring the design and agile communities together because there is a lot of synergy between and unfortunately there has been a lot of antagonism between practitioners in the two fields • Agile done well compliments UX and design, however some of the agile anti-patterns have burned UX designers • UX designers think holistically because customers experience products as complete things, they don’t experience them in pieces and if the product is built in pieces and those pieces don’t form a cohesive whole then the user experience is compromised • When developers watch someone struggle with their pr

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Judy Rees about making remote meetings effective, clean language, the series of articles she is curating for InfoQ and the upcoming remote meeting that our listeners/readers are invited to participate in. Why listen to this podcast: • Remote meetings and the need for remote collaboration is not new • Real, interactive, participative meetings and training conducted over video conference is now possible • When you are in a remote meeting, each person who participates in the meeting brings a part of the meeting room with them • Quality of conversations matters; if you want high-quality conversations then you need to allow time for human, social interactions • By having participants turn on their cameras you make the video meeting more compelling than the distractions around the participants More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes

This is the Engineering Culture Podcast, from the people behind InfoQ.com and the QCon conferences. In this podcast, recorded at the Agile India 2019 conference, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Deb Preuss about life coaching, creating joyful workplaces, diversity and inclusion.

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to David Thomas and Andrew Hunt about the 20th Anniversary edition of The Pragmatic Programmer. Why listen to this podcast: • The importance of curiosity and the mindset of “still figuring it out” • When you optimize, standardize and make things the same you crush any hope of getting it right • The real spirit of agility is about constantly monitoring what you are doing, constantly trying small changes and constantly getting feedback • The 20th Anniversary Edition of The Pragmatic Programmer was updated to be relevant for today’s context • Software developers are able to write the future – which comes with incredible responsibility • Software developers have the responsibility to use their best efforts to explore how their software will be used and how they will mitigate the potential bad uses of the products they build More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2LqaZAD You can also subscribe to the InfoQ

In this podcast recorded at QCon London 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Portua Tung from the School of Play about agile coaching, helping individuals and organisations adopt a playful leadership style and the importance of play in the workplace. Why listen to this podcast: • Being a coach is learning to become your whole person so you can enable others to live at their full potential • The characteristics of playful leaders are they take calculated risks, they look after their people and are results focused • True Play is fair play, safe play and being a good sport even in tough • Playful leadership is a collection of tools and techniques that enable you to adopt a playful mindset, even when under pressure • There is scientific evidence that laughter IS a great medicine More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/341jKcD You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software devel

In this podcast recorded at QCon London 2019, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Randy Shoup, VP of Engineering at WeWork about what is needed to create a high-performance culture. Why listen to this podcast: • Theory X leaders believe that people are inherently lazy and need extrinsic motivation which results in micromanagement and disempowerment • Theory Y says that people are intrinsically motivated and want to perform well, the role of management is to remove impediments and enable people to do their best • Organisations with generative cultures based on trust and learning consistently perform better than bureaucratic cultures based on rules and standards • The worst performers are characterised by pathological cultures based on fear and threat • With a piece of software, it doesn’t matter how much effort we’ve put in to producing it, if we haven’t shipped it there is no value More on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2KI6vWW You can also subscribe t