innovative software
DESCRIPTION
A talk about doing innovative software development including embracing constraints, iterating towards product/market fit, and the qualities of a great innovative team. This presentation was given at the St. Louis Innovation Camp in Feb, 2010.TRANSCRIPT
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Innovative SoftwareAlex Miller@puredanger
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what is innovation?
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what is innovation?
The introduction of something new.
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embrace constraints
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constrained teams donʼt have time for
complexity
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small teams
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move fast
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iterate
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fail
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embrace ignorance
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“As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we donʼt know We donʼt know.”
—Donald Rumsfeld, Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing
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prioritize
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prioritize
Time
Quality Scope
People
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prioritize
Time
Quality Scope
People fixed
fixed
fixed
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user testing
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customer support
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product / market fit
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strategy
“knowing what NOT to do”
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open source
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teams
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learn and connect
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rhythm
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linchpin
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"it's better to be safe than sorry" is such crap. You know what's better than being safe? Being AWESOME.
- @codinghorror (Jeff Atwood)
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