Steve Neiderhauser

Why Software is Eating the World

Great article from Steve Denning on the importance of software and small releases.

I love this key point:

You might say that Etsy is rediscovering what Toyota discovered several decades back, namely, that short cycles of production can be more efficient and effective if they are used for learning. It’s just that Etsy doing it a hundred times faster than in manufacturing.

Seven Simple Rules for Software Teams

From Lean Software Development, Seven Rules that help software teams self-organize.

1. Eliminate waste: Spend time only on what adds real customer value.

2. Amplify learning: When you have tough problems, increase feedback.

3. Decide as late as possible: Keep your options open as long as practical, but no longer.

4. Deliver as fast as possible: Deliver value to customers as soon as they ask for it.

5. Empower the team: Let the people who add value use their full potential.

6. Build integrity in: Don’t try to tack on integrity after the fact—build it in.

7. See the whole: Beware of the temptation to optimize parts at the expense of the whole.