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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

She is responsible for R&D (both product management & engineering) for GemFire and associated Pivotal Cloud Cache product. She is the author of the book “ Explore It!: She has over 18 years of experience in software industry as an author, speaker, mentor, consultant, technology leader and developer.

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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

It’s easy because, in most cases, they can start with one of the many off-the-shelf Agile methods, like the one in this book. So, although it’s tempting to customize your Agile method from the beginning, it’s best to start out with a by-the-book approach. Parts II-IV of this book describe the practices for each zone.

Agile 103
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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

If you’re using this book as the basis for your change, provide copies, and tell people which parts you’re using. Large changes—those that directly impact more than 30-70 people—require professional change management. If not, you can hire consultants. The VP liked what I had to say. Reaching the Economic Buyer.

Agile 94
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DevOps vs Site Reliability Engineering: Concepts, Practices, and Roles

Altexsoft

We hope the information will be useful for DevOps specialists, product managers, CTOs, and other executives seeking ways to improve the reliability of their systems without victimizing the speed of innovations. The primary focus of SRE is system reliability which is considered the most fundamental feature of any product.

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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

But this isnt a talk about measuring productivity. This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. turn right] How are you measuring productivity? Now, rather than assigning work to individual engineers, we assign it to teams. Theres a funny paradox about engineering.

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From Engineer to Executive: An Interview with Eric Muntz of MailChimp

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

Book reference: Radical Candor. For a short period of time, worked for the government doing web development and then actually started a consulting business in Atlanta where my main client was the Federal Government in Washington D.C. It was a very small little consulting practice. Consulting is great.” Marcus: Wow.