Adam presents "The Four Types of Problems" by Art Smalley. The types are troubleshooting, gap from standard, target condition, and open-ended. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction . 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn 📘 The Four Types of Problems 📘 The Toyota Kata ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
Let's go back in time to linger on the works of the master thinkers. This episode presents Kent Beck's book "Extreme Programming Explained". I'm hard-pressed to find anything that's irrelevant or that I disagree with. Links Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley Extreme Programming at Pivotal ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
Adam presents a summary of Donald Reinertsen's 2009 book. Tl;DR: understand the price of work, optimize for flow through queues, use WIP constraints, reduce batch sizes, and prefer decentralization. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction . 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #59 : Time Thieves ☕️ Small Batches #58 : Queuing Theory 📘 Principles of Product Development Flow ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
Adam presents the "five time thieves" described in Dominica DeGrandis' book Making Work Visible. The thieves are: too much WIP (work-in-progress), unknown dependencies, conflicting priorities, neglected work, and (the most annoying of the bunch) interrupts. Learn More ☕️ Small Batches #60 : Principles of Product Development Flow ☕️ Small Batches #58 : Queuing Theory 📘 Principles of Product Development Flow 📘 Making Work Visible 🧠 Dominica DeGrandis on the Profound Podcast ★ Support this podca...
Adam presents applying the mathematics behind queueing theory to software delivery. Also, an announcement! Links NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction . ☕️ Small Batches #59 : Time Thieves ☕️ Small Batches #60 : Principles of Product Development Flow 📘 Principles of Product Development Flow 📘 Making Work Visible ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
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The third of a three-part conversation on flow engineering with Steve Pereira. Steve Pereira, aka "The Value Stream Guy", is the author of the Flow Engineering ebook, founder of Visible Consulting, and co-founder of the Flow Collective peer group. Adam and Steve come back to the fractal nature of flow, value streams, and where to start with improving flow. Do you like this topic? Come join Steve and I in the Flow Collective. Free Resources Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Emai...
The second of a three part conversation on flow engineering with Steve Pereira. Steve Pereira, aka "The Value Stream Guy", is the author of the Flow Engineering ebook, founder of Visible Consulting, and co-founder of the Flow Collective peer group. Steve goes deeper into flow engineering and the four maps: outcome, value streams, dependencies, and capabilities. Do you like this topic? Come join Steve and I in the Flow Collective. Free Resources Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps...
The first of a three part conversation on flow engineering with Steve Pereira. Steve Pereira, aka "The Value Stream Guy", is the author of the Flow Engineering ebook, founder of Visible Consulting, and co-founder of the Flow Collective peer group. Steve recounts his career and how he became so passionate about business value and how it flows across organization. Part one wraps with an introduction to the flow engineering. Do you like this topic? Come join Steve and I in the Flow Collective. Free...
Adam revists the ideas that created Toyota after learning from The High Velocity Edge and The New Economics. Jeffery Liker's "The Toyota Way" presents 14 principles grouped into four categories: Philosophy, Process, People, and Problem Solving. Adam gives a summary of each and how they relate to past material covered on the podcast. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
This is the third episode in a three-part conversation on Dr. Deming with John Willis. Adam and John dial in on one of the core tenets of the System of Profound knowledge: understanding variation. They discuss special and common cause variation and how to deal with each. Also, why have most people not heard of Deming when he has such an impact on lean theory? John Willis is a coauthor of the DevOps Handbook and host of the Profound podcast dedicated to discussing Dr. Deming. The Deming Rabbit Ho...
The second episode is a three-part conversation on Dr. Deming with John Willis. Adam and John focus on Deming's second book The New Economics which introduces the system of profound knowledge. This is why John's podcast is named "Profound". Nice reference. John Willis is a coauthor of the DevOps Handbook and host of the Profound podcast dedicated to discussing Dr. Deming. The Deming Rabbit Hole: ☕️ Small Batches #100 : Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge with John Willis ☕️ Small Batches #84 ...
This is the first of a three-part conversation on Dr. Deming with John Willis. Adam and John Willis introduce Dr. Deming through his books Out of the Crisis , The New Economics , and impact on lean theory over the course of a multi-decade career. John Willis is a coauthor of the DevOps Handbook and host of the Profound podcast dedicated to discussing Dr. Deming. The Deming Rabbit Hole: ☕️ Small Batches #100 : Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge with John Willis ☕️ Small Batches #84 : Dr. Demi...
This is the first episode of a few episodes on Dr. Deming's works. Adam recaps Dr. Deming's "System of Profound Knowledge" principle: understanding variation. There are two types of variation: common and special causes. Misunderstanding the type of variation leads to wasted effort and lost resources. Understanding variation helps optimize system performance. The Deming Rabbit Hole: ☕️ Small Batches #100 : Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge with John Willis ☕️ Small Batches #84 : Dr. Deming ☕...
Adam welcomes Steve Spear to the show to discuss his 2009 book "The High-Velocity Edge." This is the last episode in the series. Adam and Steve reflect on the fundamental thesis in the book: apply the scientific method everywhere to everything all the time. This leads to a conversation on how the ideas directly apply to software, deployment pipelines, the ideal flow, and applying the coaching and improvement katas. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction ☕️ Part Two : ...
My closing thoughts on the book before the next episode featuring my conversation with Steven Spear. Part nine of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction ☕️ Part Two : The Four Capabilities at Alcoa ☕️ Part Three : The Four Capabilities in the nuclear reactor program ☕️ Part Four : Kanban & Jidoka ☕️ Part Five : Systems Thinking ☕️ Part Six : System Design & Operation ☕️ Part Seven : Pro...
This episode demonstrates the third capability, knowledge sharing, and the fourth, developing skills in others, through Toyota's "jishuken" exercise. It's a process for improving problem-solving processes. Part eight of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction ☕️ Part Two : The Four Capabilities at Alcoa ☕️ Part Three : The Four Capabilities in the nuclear reactor program ☕️ Part Four : Kanban &a...
The episode covers applying a disciplined problem-solving method to achieve the second capability. Part seven of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction ☕️ Part Two : The Four Capabilities at Alcoa ☕️ Part Three : The Four Capabilities in the nuclear reactor program ☕️ Part Four : Kanban & Jidoka ☕️ Part Five : Systems Thinking ☕️ Part Six : System Design & Operation ☕️ Part Seven : Prob...
This episode completes the discussion on the first capability: system design and operation by identifying the four levels of system design and their associated checks. Part six of a ten-part series on the 2009 book "The High Velocity Edge" by Steven Spear. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction ☕️ Part Two : The Four Capabilities at Alcoa ☕️ Part Three : The Four Capabilities in the nuclear reactor program ☕️ Part Four : Kanban & Jidoka ☕️ Part Five : Systems Thin...
This episode continues discussing system design and operations with a focus on using "jidoka" to build in quality control into systems. Part five of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction ☕️ Part Two : The Four Capabilities at Alcoa ☕️ Part Three : The Four Capabilities in the nuclear reactor program ☕️ Part Four : Kanban & Jidoka ☕️ Part Five : Systems Thinking (👈🏻 you are here) ☕️ Part ...
Part four of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edg e by Steven Spear. This episode introduces the two pillars of the first capability: design systems to reveal problems. The first pillar is Taiichi Ohno's "kanban", or pull-based, philosophy on system design. The second pillar is Sakichi Toyoda's "jidoka", or self-regulation, philosophy to identify problems when they happen. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction ☕️ Part Two : The Four Capabilities a...
This episode tells how Admiral Hyman Rickover demonstrated the four capabilities while creating the US Navy's nuclear reactor (or NR) program. Part three of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Helocity Edge by Steven Spear. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction ☕️ Part Two : The Four Capabilities at Alcoa ☕️ Part Three : The Four Capabilities in the nuclear reactor program (👈🏻 you are here) ☕️ Part Four : Kanban & Jidoka ☕️ Part Five : Systems Thinking ...
This episode demonstrates the four capabilities through Alcoa's commitment to changing its safety culture. Part two of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction ☕️ Part Two : The Four Capabilities at Alcoa (👈🏻 you are here) ☕️ Part Three : The Four Capabilities in the nuclear reactor program ☕️ Part Four : Kanban & Jidoka ☕️ Part Five : Systems Thinking ☕️ Part Six : System Design & Oper...
Part one of a nine-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. This episode demonstrates how complex systems fail through the story of Mrs. Grant and the four capabilities to overcome such failures. The High-Velocity Edge on Small Batches ☕️ Part One : Introduction (👈🏻 you are here) ☕️ Part Two : The Four Capabilities at Alcoa ☕️ Part Three : The Four Capabilities in the nuclear reactor program ☕️ Part Four : Kanban & Jidoka ☕️ Part Five : Systems Thinking ☕️ Part ...
Enjoy this meme-ready episode with Bryan Finster. Bryan Finster leads a DevOps dojo at a Fortune 50 enterprise where he helps teams deliver to production daily. This episode continues recurring discussion topics on the post: integrated vs isolated development environments, software architecture and team owner, and their relationship to delivering to production daily. Check out episodes #15 (for philosophy) and #22 (for boundaries) for more background on the ideas in this conversation. Bryan s Li...
Adam welcomes Dave Mangot to the show for a book discussion. The classic leadership and management book is "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team". Adam & Dave discuss the dysfunctions through a lens of software delivery, DevOps, and SRE. Dave Mangot's Links The Goal 30th Anniversary Edition Just Culture: Restoring Trust and Accountability in Your Organization, Third Edition The Three Principles Underpinning DevOps Inno-Versity Presents: "Greatness" by David Marquet The Manager's Path (Book) Peopl...
Level up your soft skills with this episode on "Agile Conversations". The episode begins with a short introduction to the book then dives into the content with the authors. Topics include: "TDD for People", The four R's, The trust conversation, the fear conversation, the why conversation, the commitment conversation, and the accountability conversation. Adam Hawkins' Links Troubleshooting Agile Podcast Jeffrey Fredrick's Links Agile Conversations Book London Organizational Learning Meetup Dougla...
Adam welcomes Carmen de Ardo to the show. Carmen is a senior VSM strategist at TaskTop and author of numerous books on value streams, leaderships, DevOps, and product transformation. This episode is a response to a listener request for an episode on value streams. So we start from the beginning of "what is a value stream" and work up towards toward value stream mapping, the flow framework, and peak of continuous improvement. Adam's Links DOES15 - Carmen DeArdo - How DevOps is Enabling Lean Appli...
Adam welcomes Matthew Skelton to the show. Matthew is co-author of the book "Team Topologies" and a DevOps Enterprise Summit speaker. This episode builds on the previous podcast introducing the team types and interaction models. Adam and Matthew discuss the first principles in Team Topologies, building internal platform products, and the impact on software and team architecture. Adam's Links Team Topologies in Small Batches #18 Team Topologies talks at the DevOps Enterprise Summit Matthew Skelto...
Adam welcomes Markus Schirp to the show. Markus is an independent software professional. He calls himself a "dynamic language exorcist." He's also the man behind the Mutant mutation project for Ruby. Adam and Markus discuss the first principles for software development, laddering up to higher-level abstractions, and how tooling helps developers. Markus Schirp's Links My Github Mutant My Talks Adam Hawkins' Links Software Architecture Talk (2014) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★...
