#2 - It's not about utilization

#2 - It's not about utilization

In the last podcast I told you that focusing on 100% utilization is the wrong thing for return on investment.
But how can that be?
Are we not taught that utilization means productivity?
Are we not encourage to stretch our staff?
To get the most out of the staff salary?
Are we not even told its a good thing to sweat the asset?

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#21: Continuous Deployment

#21: Continuous Deployment

In the last few episodes I've started a mini-series introducing some of the tools and practices that allow for the fast delivery of software ... and ultimately delivery of value to our customer. In ep...

11 Joulu 20197min

#20: Continuous Delivery

#20: Continuous Delivery

In the last few episodes I've started a mini-series introducing some of the tools and practices that allow for the fast delivery of software, and ultimately delivery of value to our customer. In episo...

4 Joulu 20197min

#19: Continuous Integration

#19: Continuous Integration

UPDATE: I noticed after initial publish the order of the clips in this episode where very incorrect. I've now updated - apologies for any confusion. In last week's episode I started a mini-series in...

27 Marras 201911min

#18: Source Control

#18: Source Control

In this episode, I want to talk about Source Control. Source Control is a tool that should be available to your Software Development and at the heart of everything they do. The aim of this episode is ...

20 Marras 201910min

#17: Monoliths and Microservices

#17: Monoliths and Microservices

In this weeks podcast, I wanted to talk about how the size and complexity of a deployable piece of software matters to the ability to deliver value to the customer - and thus ROI on our Software Devel...

13 Marras 20197min

#16: Technical Debt

#16: Technical Debt

In this episode I want to introduce the term Technical Debt. The term Technical debt was coined in 1992 by Ward Cunningham to describe what happens when we fail to adequately maintain what he calls “i...

6 Marras 201910min

#15 - Monitoring

#15 - Monitoring

In last weeks episode I talked about software testing - predominantly around automation to aid in flow of delivering value to your customer. One point I touched on in the episode is that you cannot, a...

30 Loka 20199min

#14: Software Testing

#14: Software Testing

In this episode I want to talk about testing, why it is important for ROI and what types of testing can be done.

23 Loka 201911min