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Bad idea: You can’t measure productivity

The key points from Martin Fowler’s 2003 article “Cannot Measure Productivity”:

6d ago

“We’ve improved deployment frequency and lead time for change.” “Those sound like great improvements but what about the frequency and lead time for impact?”

6d ago

The books I liked in 2024

Dec 13

Dec 13

Bad ideas about software product development productivity

I’m collecting bad ideas about software product development productivity:

Dec 12

Dec 12

There are only 5 ways to improve productivity

UPDATE: Replace “effort” with “cost” to account for the option to use lower cost sources of effort. Hat tip to Joe Troderman.

Nov 24

Nov 24

DIY leadership development: Develop leadership skills

Learn the skills to be a competent leader.

Sep 14

Mapping of leadership skill groups across The Art of Action, Strength Finder 2.0, and For Your Improvement. Directing maps to Strategic Thinking maps to Thought. Leading maps to Influencing and Relationship Building maps to People and Self. Managing maps to Executing maps to Results.

Sep 14

Company songs, generative AI, and product life cycles

A while ago, I was at the Grainger office in Jacksonville, and I noticed a wall showing a timeline of key historical events at Grainger. I…

Aug 24

Company songs, generative AI, and product life cycles

Aug 24

DIY leadership development: Role model company values

Become a role model for the desired values of the company.

Jul 14

Company values: X, Y, Z. Left branch: leaders are inconsistent with values, people are annoyed with hypocrisy, people are disengaged. Right branch: leaders are consistent with values, people believe values are real, people are engaged.

Jul 14

DIY leadership development: Build self-awareness

Γνῶθι σεαυτόν

Jun 23

Cause effect diagram: build self-awareness to understand your motivations and understand your preferred working styles; understand your motivations, understand your preferred working styles and communicate your preferred working styles to improve your interactions with others.

Jun 23

Thoughts on value stream mapping in IT and software development

Migrated from my old blog (2011).

Apr 29

Thoughts on value stream mapping in IT and software development

Apr 29

How might we best use in-person office time?

Thinking about the hybrid context. If you treat in-person office time as a valuable, scarce resource, what’s the best use of that time?

Apr 28

Chart answering the question “How might we best use in-person office time?”

Apr 28

Jason Yip

Jason Yip

Senior Manager Product Engineering at Grainger. Extreme Programming, Agile, Lean guy. Ex-Spotify, ex-ThoughtWorks, ex-CruiseControl

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