James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. As we’ve seen in the previous chapters, Agile is a philosophy: a way of thinking about software development. The majority of this book—parts two through four—is dedicated to a curated set of Agile practices that have been proven in practice. How to Be Agile.

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James Shore

DECEMBER 4, 2020

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. If not, you can hire consultants. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. In your conversations, starting with that first manager, talk about the challenges your organization faces with software development. Ask them why.

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James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

Software engineering productivity cant be measured. Martin Fowler wrote an article in 2003 titled Cannot Measure Productivity. This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. Our software would be easy to modify and maintain. So I told the truth. Lovability.

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James Shore

MAY 5, 2024

In my new role as VP of Engineering , there was one question I was dreading more than any other: “How are you measuring productivity?” I need to be accountable for engineering productivity. Just one little problem: software productivity is famously unmeasurable. I can’t fault the question. Not possible.” It went well!

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