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. And, as a fully remote company, we have a lot of flexibility in where we hire. Not possible.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. In the West, it’s come to mean a process of continuous gradual improvement: constantly reviewing and improving your practices at all levels of the organization. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. The VP liked what I had to say.

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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. 4 Kaizen was imported to Agile from Lean Manufacturing, which itself is based on the revolutionary Toyota Production System—hence the Japanese terminology. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally.

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