Remove Exercises Remove Systems Review Remove Weak Development Team
article thumbnail

Startup Speed Is Sine Qua Non For Startup Success. Here’s How To Achieve It.

Crunchbase News

Development pace: Is code typically shipped in days/weeks, or does it take months/quarters? Talent operations: How quickly are new hires productive and how quickly are underperformers managed out? Communication flow: How fast do important developments/results travel throughout the entire organization?

article thumbnail

The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

Kent Beck concluded , Measure developer productivity? He says a measurement based approach generates relatively weak improvements and significant distortion of incentives. I walked them through an exercise right there on the CEOs dining room table. But its still an interesting thought exercise. Not possible. Lets dig in.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How resilient CIOs future-proof to mitigate risks

CIO

This involves establishing guardrails around AI, performing disaster training exercises, mitigating third-party threats, and more. CIOs need to align operations with these new use cases while ensuring their teams can support enterprise-wide digital transformations.

article thumbnail

How to set compensation using commonsense principles

Erik Bernhardsson

Good/bad compensation systems. I'll start by stating what I think are goals and anti-goals: A good system doesn't waste money hiring new people when you can pay to keep existing people. A bad system keeps people below the salary that you would give them to keep them. Phew, that was a lot!

article thumbnail

How to Make Better Decisions Under Pressure: 5 Key Strategies for Navigating Complexity

Experience to Lead

Our brains and complexity When confronted with complex situations, our brains process information through two main neural networks: the automatic mode (System 1) and the analytical mode (System 2). System 1 is fast, intuitive and relies on mental shortcuts, allowing us to react quickly. What is cognitive reflection?

article thumbnail

Generative AI: the Shortcut to Digital Modernisation

CIO

Generative AI can help businesses achieve faster development in two main areas: low/no-code application development and mainframe modernisation. Developers can create and modify applications independently, reducing the burden on IT teams to focus on more strategic and complex tasks.

article thumbnail

The evolving role of security and IT in DR and incident response

CIO

Threats have evolved from malware and denial-of-service attacks in the early days of ecommerce bad actors, to ransomware attacks that threaten the ability of a business to operate. To ensure a quick diagnosis and response without the two teams getting in each other’s way, the CIO and CISO can implement the following strategies.

Security 166