neanderthal man and the bic lighter 2011 08 23
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A presentation that covers many common false assumptions about corporate culture and software development.TRANSCRIPT
Neanderthal Man and the BIC Lighter
And Other Assorted Office Tales
Sisyphus – One
Frustrated Guy
“Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.“ - Dale Carnegie
Give them
a Fire
Hydrant
Neanderthal and The BIC Lighter
Third Graders Grown-up
Tower of
Babel
When is the bread ‘done’,?Do you really know?
Technical Debt
• Shipping first time code is like going into debt.... The danger occurs when the debt is not repaid. Every minute spent on not-quite-right code counts as interest on that debt. Entire engineering organizations can be brought to a stand-still under the debt load....–Wade Cunningham (1992)
What % of defects are removed by
these processes?
- Capers Jones, www.spr.com, 2011
Design
Inspections Code
InspectionsFormal Testing
Where’s the Shepherd?
Transparent Managers