Listen "Unlearning Helps You Slice Your Work"
Episode Synopsis
Squirrel helps teams split their work into tiny "slices" they can release daily or weekly, and finds that the biggest obstacle is all the things that developers think they know about users, many of which they have to first unlearn.
SHOW LINKS:
- Original tweet: https://twitter.com/douglassquirrel/status/1435602671306674176
- Falsehoods programmers believe about names: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
- Elephant carpaccio: https://alistair.cockburn.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Elephant-Carpaccio-exercise-instructions.pdf
- Will Rogers: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/11/18/know-trouble/
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SHOW LINKS:
- Original tweet: https://twitter.com/douglassquirrel/status/1435602671306674176
- Falsehoods programmers believe about names: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/
- Elephant carpaccio: https://alistair.cockburn.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Elephant-Carpaccio-exercise-instructions.pdf
- Will Rogers: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/11/18/know-trouble/
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Our new book, Agile Conversations, is out now! See https://agileconversations.com where you can order your copy and get a free video when you join our mailing list!
We'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show.
Email us at [email protected]
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