Geek, agilista, blogger, codefella, serial reader. In the daylight - I navigate & lead software engineering. #lean #design #aws #elixir #analytics. I speak here for myself only.
Below you can find few quasi-random rumblings, scratched down straight after ABE 2015 [http://2015.agilebyexample.com/]. I find full conference reviews more & more boring, so don't expect anything like that ... "By Example" - for real That's what I love MOST about ABE....
> "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." > Albert Einstein Once upon a time ... ... there was The IT project. A project different than anything The Team did before: * a lot of R&D * a lot of "out-of-comfort-zone" stuff...
> I was chosen by Heaven. Say my name when you pray. To the sky! See Carolus rise. > (...) > No man alive or dead commands me, I answer to the Lord! Hear my orders, question me and die. What I say was set in Heaven, and so it shall...
DevDay 2015 is history now. If you don't know what DevDay [http://www.devday.pl/] is, check my summaries for prev years' editions (2014 [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/why-abbdevday-2014-didnt-rock-my-world/] or 2013 [https://no-kill-switch.ghost.io/abb-devday-2013-the-aftermath/]) or google for someone else's review of this year&...
Core values. Mission statement. Vision statement. Organizational DNA. I was always very skeptical in terms of the actual meaning of those. Is it really possible to cover the essence of company's culture in such a short form without being over-generic or inaccurate? And do people really need such...
I've been thinking about the idea of Continuous Improvement [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continual_improvement_process] a lot recently. By empirical observation, I wanted to learn: * what makes it happen (triggers it) * what impedes / suppresses / prevents it from happening * what's the recipe (proper set of...
