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Adam presents thinking about boundaries, testing, and software design.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π₯ The Software Kaizen Substack
π₯οΈ Alistair Cockburn's posts on Hexagonal Architecture
π New Book! Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge by John Willis
βοΈ Small Batches #22: Derek Comartin on Service Boundaries
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Adam presents how he thinks about estimates and delivery. Plus, a special announcement on something new!Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π₯ The Software Kaizen Substack
π Principles of Product Development Flow
π Making Work VisibleΒ
βοΈ Small Batches #86 - Flow: A mental Model
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Adam presents mental model behind lean and agile. The mental model accepts we don't know the path forward, thus we must optimize for learning it.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π§ The Small Batches Way study guideΒ
π The Fifth Discipline
π The Learn Startup
βοΈ Small Batches #39 - The High-Velocity Edge
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Adam presents the rationale behind choosing a language or tech stack. Spoiler alert: it's irrelevant to software delivery performance. Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π Accelerate - The science of software delivery performance
π The DevOps Handbook
βοΈ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking
π§ The DORA report
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Adam presents thoughts on Sidney Dekker's book "Drift into Failure".Β Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π Drift into Failure by Sidney Dekker
π The Field Guide to Understanding "Human Error" by Sidney Dekker
βοΈ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking
πΉ The Pursuit of Success & Averting Drift into Failure - Sidney Dekker (DOES 2017)
You can support Small Batches here.Editor's note: There is an error in the recording. Adam mistakenly refers to Challenger when he means Columbia.
Adam revisits the historic Agile Manifesto.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π§ The Agile Manifesto
πThe Art of Agile Development by James Shore
πThe DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim
βοΈ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering
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Adam shares an example of breaking work into increments and iterations.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
πModern Software Engineering by Dave Farley
βοΈ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering
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Adam shows how the phrase "as measured by" encourages empirical and scientific thinking.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π Measure what Matters by John DoerrΒ
βοΈ Small Batches #88 - Golden Signals
βοΈ Small Batches #84 - Deming & The System of Profound Knowledge
βοΈ Small Batches #69 - Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)
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Adam describes the aims for this podcast and what listeners can expect.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.You can support Small Batches here.
Adam presents the four golden signals for steering production operations.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π Release It! Design & Deploy production-ready Software
π Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems
βοΈ Small Batches #26 - Service Level Objectives with Alex Hidalgo
βοΈ Small Batches #75 - DevOps 101
π§ The USE Metrics Framework
π§ Monitoring Distributed Systems
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Adam comments on the importance of creating a menu of viable alternatives when problem-solving.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π Understanding A3 Thinking
π Toyota Kata
π Lean Product & Process Development
βοΈ Small Batches #77 - Managing to Learn
βοΈ Small Batches #62 - Four Types of Problems
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Adam introduces the idea of "flow" beginning with the Theory of Constraints and ending with value stream networks.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:
π The GoalΒ
π Making Work Visible
π Principles of Product Development Flow
π Goldratt's Rule of Flow
π Value Stream Mapping
π Project to Product (introducing the Flow Framework)
βοΈ Small Batches #42 - Kanban & Jidoka
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NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
Small Batches #71: Recommended Reading
Small Batches #84: Deming
The Flow Collective
DevOps Email Course
Project to Product Email Course
Socials
Adam Hawkins on Twitter
Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn
Adam Hawkins' website
Learn More
NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
Small Batches #71: Recommended Reading
The Flow Collective
DevOps Email Course
Project to Product Email Course
Deming
If Japan Can, why can't we? (Video), NBC Special Report, 1980
"Deming to DevOps" presentation by John Willis
Small Batches #67: The Red Beads
Small Batches #49: Dr. Deming on Variation
Small Batches #50: Introducing Dr. Deming with John Willis
The Toyota Way 2001 by Fujio Cho, President of Toyota Motor Corporation
The Toyota Way 2001 House
Deming's Speech in Hakone to industry leaders in Japan, 1950
The New Economics by Dr. Deming
Deming's Visualization of Japan as a System from 1950
Profound, John Willis' podcast dedicated to Dr. Deming
Socials
Adam Hawkins on Twitter
Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn
Adam Hawkins' website
Learn More
NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
Small Batches #71: Recommended Reading
The Flow Collective
DevOps Email Course
Project to Product Email Course
Socials
Adam Hawkins on Twitter
Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn
Adam Hawkins' website
Learn More
NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
Small Batches #80: Project Banana
Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn
Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit
Leadership is Language
Leadership is Language Summary
The Flow Collective
DevOps Email Course
Project to Product Email Course
Socials
Adam Hawkins on Twitter
Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn
Adam Hawkins' website
Learn More
NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
Small Batches #80: Project Banana
Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn
Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit
Leadership is Language
Leadership is Language Summary
The Flow Collective
DevOps Email Course
Project to Product Email Course
Socials
Adam Hawkins on Twitter
Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn
Adam Hawkins' website
Learn More
NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn
Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit
Leadership is Language
Leadership is Language Summary
The Flow Collective
DevOps Email Course
Project to Product Email Course
Socials
Adam Hawkins on Twitter
Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn
Adam Hawkins' website
Learn More
NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
The Flow Collective (Come join Saeed and I)
DevOps Email Course
Project to Product Email Course
Saeed's post on the Business Vision, Product Vision, Product Objectives, Product Strategy, and Roadmap hierarchy
Socials
Connect with Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn
Connect with Saeed Khan on LinkedIn
Read Saeed's Blog (Recommended)
Learn More
NEW! The Small Batches Slack App
Toyota Kata Pocket Guide
Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn
Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit
Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way
Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge (Part One)
The Flow Collective
DevOps Email Course
Project to Product Email Course
Socials
Adam Hawkins on Twitter
Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn
Adam Hawkins' website