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Sustaining Fast Flow with Socio-Technical Thinking

To sustain a fast flow of changes over long periods of time, organizations address both the social and technical, socio-technical, aspects of reducing complexity. Examples are incentivising good technical practices to keep code maintainable, architecting systems to minimize dependencies and maximize team motivation, and leveraging platforms to preclude whole categories of infrastructure blockers.

Nick Tune
on Apr 18, 2022
Culture & Methods

The Top Three Priorities for Engineering Leaders in 2022 and beyond

For engineering leaders, the Great Resignation has made it clear that maintaining employee satisfaction should be a top priority in the coming year. In 2022 and beyond, engineering leaders need to invest in developing a strong engineering culture, using data-driven decision-making to lead their teams, and to prioritize people before performance.

Lilac Mohr
on Apr 14, 2022
Culture & Methods

How Psychological Safety at Work Creates Effective Software Tech Teams That Learn and Grow

This article provides the foundations of psychological safety and shows how it has been applied for team effectiveness. It explores how psychological safety supports learning and improvement and how we can foster a psychologically safe culture in tech teams.

Ben Linders
on Apr 12, 2022
Culture & Methods

On a Quest to Sustainable Happy Profit: How to Create a Sustainability Framework That Works for You

Being sustainable is not just about the product itself, which is built to endure over time. It’s also about the people, time and energy involved in the process, and the consumption that its existence requires. If any single part of the process cannot be maintained over time, it’s unsustainable. Green Recovery can act as an enabler, and when we focus on what matters we can make a dent.

Ines Garcia
on Apr 07, 2022
Culture & Methods

Using Patterns to Drive a Transformation towards Agility - Practical Insights from Large Companies

In the DACH region, a community of transformation leaders from about 30 companies started “DACH30” sessions where they share experiences and insights from their efforts to help their companies become more agile. This article highlights successful patterns to foster change, how to apply flow-oriented design to optimise your delivery capabilities, and the danger of the illusion of control.

Hendrik Esser Andrea Maier
on Apr 05, 2022
Culture & Methods

InfoQ Culture & Methods Trends Report - March 2022

The culture and methods trends report for 2022 shows that organizations, teams, and individuals face challenges on multiple fronts. Tackling hybrid work, the impact of the great resignation, wellness, diversity, and inclusion are topics that leaders need to address head-on to build creative and collaborative cultures

Shane Hastie Sandy Mamoli Douglas Talbot Ben Linders Craig Smith Rafiq Gemmail Shaaron A Alvares
on Mar 31, 2022
Culture & Methods

Installing a Robust Dev Culture for the Micro-app Environment

While consumer-facing apps have increased, a bigger increase is taking place within enterprises, with so-called “micro-apps” that are used to create customized solutions. Continuous release environments place developers in a state of regimented activity, leaving insufficient time for micro-app projects. Here's how companies can create a cultural shift that incorporates micro-app development.

Asim Rahal
on Mar 23, 2022
Culture & Methods

What Leaders Can Learn from Computer Games

Has the question ever crossed your mind why computer games are often more successful than leaders? Probably not, as this comparison may sound a little strange and provocative at first. However, when you hear the answer, this comparison will make much more sense to you, especially since it reveals a significant success factor for leadership, as well as agility.

Celina Refäuter
on Mar 18, 2022
Culture & Methods

Continuous Portfolio Management as a Contributor for Achieving Highly-Aligned, Loosely-Coupled Teams

There is a business need for fast software delivery in order to frequently test business hypotheses and drive development based on the resulting feedback. Organizations need to rapidly decide on what to build next, using a short feedback loop that greatly reduces the risk of running on untested assumptions for too long. This article explores a journey towards continuous portfolio management.

Vladyslav Ukis
on Mar 16, 2022
Culture & Methods

Using the Problem Reframing Method to Build Innovative Solutions

Building products that customers love relies heavily on the problem space: how well you know your audience and how clear are the pain points and main problems your users are facing. This means that the solution to a problem depends on how we frame the problem. This article provides different practices and tools on how to apply problem reframing underpinned by a real case study.

Sebastian Straube
on Mar 10, 2022
Culture & Methods

Five Tips on Managing a Remote-First Development Team

Most software development teams have gone remote during the pandemic - and may stay remote even after the lockdowns. Managing remote-first teams is a challenge. Knowing how to do it right can make or break the experience for everyone. Here are five things you can do to succeed as an engineering manager.

Marcelo Wiermann
on Mar 08, 2022
Culture & Methods

Superior Employee Engagement through Radical Team Autonomy

Radically collaborative organizations have recently doubled in number. Their economic success is due to four cultural imperatives: team autonomy, managerial devolution, deficiency-need gratification, and candid vulnerability. Teams within radically collaborative organizations exhibit six dimensions of autonomy: who, what, when, where, how, and role.

Matt K. Parker
on Mar 04, 2022

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