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Magic Pixie Dust: Increasing the pace of software delivery … through people Matthew Heusser matt@xndev.com Presented at the Grand Rapids Perl Mongers 26 August 2005

What this talk is not: 

What this talk is not

Agenda: 

Agenda The Nature of Innovation Effective Habits IN-Effective Habits (bad pixie dust) Common Objections What to do tomorrow Agenda

Managing Euler: 

Managing Euler The Nature of Innovation

Managing Thomas Edison: 

Managing Thomas Edison The Nature of Innovation

Life in the widget factory: 

Life in the widget factory The Nature of Innovation

Innovation in the white space: 

Innovation in the white space Innovation is concerned with redefining a task or the way a task is done Gerald M. Weinberg, Becoming a technical leader Process Innovation and Product Innovation Effective Behaviors

Bad Pixie Dust: 

Bad Pixie Dust Examples: Extended mandatory overtime Pressure Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt Implicitly cutting quality standards Short-Term Cost reductions Ineffective Behaviors / Bad Pixie Dust

The Big Game: 

The Big Game The role of the leader Ineffective Behaviors / Bad Pixie Dust

The Status Meeting: 

The Status Meeting Who’s status are we talking about? Ineffective Behaviors / Bad Pixie Dust

Getting it wrong: 

Getting it wrong “Gathering Requirements” Telephone Game The Ambiguous Spec Effective Behaviors

Encouraging collaboration …: 

Encouraging collaboration … Craftsmanship Prototypes Effective Behaviors

Efficiency or Effectiveness?: 

Efficiency or Effectiveness? Effective Behaviors

Maslow - Applied: 

Maslow - Applied Effective Behaviors

The trouble with learning: 

The trouble with learning Effective Behaviors

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Effective Behaviors

Single-Tasking: 

Single-Tasking Effective Behaviors

Co-located Project Teams: 

Co-located Project Teams Effective Behaviors

Commitment: 

Commitment Amateur-ism Excellence Dedication Effective Behaviors

Deliver Early, deliver often: 

Deliver Early, deliver often Image from Software Engineering, a practitioner’s approach, 5th ed Effective Behaviors

My boss needs to hear this …: 

My boss needs to hear this … Common Objections

But, Fred Taylor said …: 

But, Fred Taylor said … Common Objections

What to do tomorrow: 

What to do tomorrow Make a plan to change your culture The legend of Holgar Dansk Identify bottlenecks in the way things are done Remove them Find ways to reward experimentation Keep it fun For Quality, Consider ‘Arete’

Discuss: 

Discuss

References: 

References Weinberg, Gerald. Becoming a technical leader. DeMarco, Tom and Lister, Timothy. Peopleware Lister, Timothy. Slack. Pirsig, Robert, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Go google some famous inventors.

Bonus Section: 

Bonus Section

Mappers or packers?: 

Mappers or packers? The Context-Driven School A Microsoft QA Manager A Stryker Instruments QA Manager Effective Behaviors

Managing Da Vinci: 

Managing Da Vinci Error Copy Combine The Nature of Innovation

Managing Issac Asimov: 

Managing Issac Asimov The Nature of Innovation

The Agile Manifesto: 

The Agile Manifesto Effective Behaviors We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.