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Agile as Trauma
In the real world, the systems we build are part of complex adaptive systems that encompass developers, users, and customers, as well as their environments and organizational contexts. This reality calls for a more dynamic, almost organic approach to architecture and design, one that allows you to learn as you go and adapt your software to ever-cha
... See moreMichael Keeling • Software Architecture Metrics
But just as many of our current software applications wouldn’t run well on MS-DOS, the new processes, techniques, or cultural changes we might try to adopt simply won’t run well on an operating system built around an older paradigm.
Brian J. Robertson • Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World
Engineering organizations today have ballooned to huge numbers of people, but these huge engineering organizations don’t exactly have a reputation for high velocity output. Some of this is the result of what happens with products at scale: it is just fundamentally faster and easier to iterate, improve, or change a product with 100 users than it is ... See more
The magic of software; or, what makes a good engineer also makes a good engineering organization
Adrenaline junkie organizations react rather than consider. The result is that most things are in a state of flux, and nothing is settled or long-term. The fluid state persists: Specifications are fluid—nobody really knows what to build. Designs and plans are fluid—they will almost certainly be changed tomorrow. There is no attempt to prioritize by
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