George Georgovassilis writes about information technology architecture
Technical Debt [TD] concluded that "Technical debt is the amount of work needed to decrease the total cost of a product", which establishes a qualitative link between effort spent now and effort spent later. That link can be expressed quantitatively across projects of different sizes as the Technical Debt Ratio (TDR). The Technical Debt Ratio … Continue reading Technical debt ratio
A project is an activity, limited in time and scope, which transforms an organisation from an initial state into a target state. The project management triangle [1] correlates cost, time, scope and quality of a project and emphasizes that project management choices regarding these factors affect results. All interpretations of the project management triangle I'm … Continue reading The triangle of the value-creation industry
The Spotify model The Spotify model [SPOM] describes an organisational structure which aims at maximising agility through removing friction. The building block of the Spotify model is the squad, a team which is responsible for the entire lifecycle of a product from inception to implementation, operation and retirement. Friction is removed by maximising squad autonomy: … Continue reading Team topologies fix the Spotify model
TL;DR: team must match information- and command flow. Team organisation is a conscious effort Early in my career at Accenture a management class discussed methods for building teams by aligning team capabilities with their mission statements. Which is a bloated way of saying "we made sure we had the right skills for the job". Back … Continue reading Team organisation by capabilities
Introduction Jugaad is an attitude towards delivery which originated in India and consists of three simple tenets: Humility: use whatever works without prejudice Openness: keep your options open Frugality: small expenses keep regrets small Jugaad is agility taken to the extreme and most suitable for projects with a high degree of change, risk and uncertainty. … Continue reading Jugaad takes agile to the extreme
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