How does Continuous Delivery which focuses on shipping small increments jive with the idea that user stories should be vertical end-to-end slices that deliver complete functionality? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZ...
Jan 19, 2021•18 min
Podcast listener, Vitalii, asks how to use Scrum when the primary responsibility of the team is software maintenance and fixing complicated bugs which are hard to reproduce and take a long time to fix? How do we measure value when all we do is fix bugs? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Accompanying post: https://zararsiddiqi.com/bug-fixes-and-scrum/ Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https...
Jan 15, 2021•12 min
What's the problem DevOps is trying to solve? Perhaps answering that question can lead us to a definition for this often used and more often abused term. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly...
Jan 05, 2021•16 min
Topics: Techniques for framing continuous delivery Must-haves before you start The continuous delivery MVP With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju...
Dec 16, 2020•15 min
Topics: Why monoliths are bad Strategies for breaking them up Why monoliths are good With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju...
Dec 09, 2020•16 min
Topics: Importance of refactoring When to refactor Refactor != Redesign Cost of not refactoring With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju...
Dec 04, 2020•15 min
In this episode we discuss whether we need agile to continuously deliver. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju...
Nov 27, 2020•14 min
Topics: Why high Work in Progress is harmful Types of WIP Why WIP runs high Non-software WIP With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: https://bit.ly/4ecWHju...
Nov 19, 2020•13 min
Topics: Use cases for mocking Feature toggles and mocking combination Avoiding complexity Mocking anti-patterns As a proxy for software design quality Mocking in legacy systems code With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZI...
Nov 13, 2020•15 min
Topics: What is Cost of Delay? Calculating CoD Alternative approaches when not applicable Issues with CoD With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Principles of Product Development Flow https://www.amazon.ca/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Generation/dp/1935401009 Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti....
Nov 05, 2020•14 min
Topics: What is DORA? Usefulness of DORA What DORA doesn't tell you With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ State of Devops Report 2019 https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/state-of-devops-2019.pdf YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https...
Oct 22, 2020•19 min
Topics: Purpose of "Sprint Zero" Goal-setting techniques Alignment techniques Aligning on technical practices through codestorming Organizational practices thrust upon the team Psychological safety and feedback With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA Linked...
Oct 15, 2020•19 min
Hello Continuous Delivery Podcast listener - please do rate this podcast in your podcast app. We appreciate it. Topics: Can we have good, fast and cheap? When can quality be sacrificed? Quality vs Cost or Quality vs Change Is quality a prerequisite for speed? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK ...
Oct 09, 2020•18 min
Topics: Should a Product Owner be "approving" user stories? Is story acceptance a gate? Collaboration as an alternate to approval Making Product Owners feel safe so they trust the team Leadership behaviours that seek blame to avoid responsibility With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Responsibility Process: https://responsibility.com/responsibility-process/ Aligned Autonomy: https://medium.com/@richardlennox/balancing-autonomy-and-alignment-with-accountability...
Sep 25, 2020•14 min
Topics: The automated visual regression pitch What to watch out for when using tools like Playwright, Cypress Alternate ways to achieve same objective With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3K...
Sep 17, 2020•18 min
Topics: Cost of dependency management vs cost of dependency elimination Technical ways of managing dependencies Organizational structure as the root cause Patterns on dealing with dependencies With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://...
Aug 28, 2020•19 min
Recorded on August 13, 2020 at the Firkin Pub in Toronto, the crew peg back a variety of beverages and discuss mobbing. Topics: What is mobbing? Mobbing gone wrong Senior and junior team member's view of mobbing Mobbing with Product Owners Team norms and mobbing With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed...
Aug 16, 2020•22 min
Topics: Dealing with a team new to continuous delivery Impact of autonomy on team culture What we take away when we don't give autonomy The road matters as much as the result Quickest way to burnout With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: ht...
Aug 06, 2020•19 min
Topics: Effects of asynchronous code reviews PRs prohibiting refactoring Pros of using Pull Requests Norms to consider for PRs The code review mindset Pull Request retros Alternative approaches With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https:/...
Jul 21, 2020•19 min
We welcome two champions of agile software development, Chet Hendrickson and Ron Jeffries. With the backdrop of Continuous Delivery we discuss a variety of topics ranging from the motivations behind the manifesto to what's next in agile software development. Also with Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNr...
Jul 14, 2020•37 min
Topics: Agile coaching turns soft Consulting companies money-grabbing Developers rejecting agile Agile turning from an adjective to a noun The agile cloak giving organizations a reason not to change Capital "A" Agile = Waterfall The benefits and issues with Scrum Scrum's failure to inspect and adapt Compliance metrics instead of results Desire for corporate predictability killing teams The distance between developers and agile Should you use a framework? Much more... With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Ma...
Jul 01, 2020•21 min
Topics: Design working ahead Just enough design Biases in design research Best way to validate your ideas Designers working with developers Designers working wit product managers How to increase collaboration Design User Story? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/...
Jun 23, 2020•19 min
Topics: ActiveRecord as a model for organizing database changes Applying principles from ActiveRecord today Database refactoring Avoiding manual changes to the database Pipeline activities and data Data testing techniques Data management bottlenecks Some advice on improving data landscapes With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcast...
Jun 17, 2020•18 min
Topics: Mastering Git to increase productivity Source code management making integrating code easier Biggest thing that Git delivers Artifact management Security, compliance and the pipeline's role Decentralizing the pipeline How to make smaller changes to reduce merging risk Creating repositories to pull dependencies Monorepos With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTub...
Jun 04, 2020•22 min
Topics: Estimation in decision-making Estimation in Continuous Delivery Culture implications of estimation No BS Planning Poker Estimation as a timeboxing tool No love for timeboxing When estimations are demanded Estimation as a communication tool Projection based on throughput With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://a...
May 28, 2020•21 min
Topics: Four types of value. There is no value, only speculation of value. Can a Product Owner prioritize based on the different types of values? The sweet spot of building the right thing, the thing right and building it fast. The Product Owner as not just a decision-maker but a conduit. Guidance for Product Owners who are not in a mature CI environment. Learning beyond the product but the culture. Is the PO the best we have come up with to prioritize value? The mindset of the Product Manager v...
May 21, 2020•19 min
Topics: Architecture is important but what about architects? Is there a need for a specific role? The construction analogy. Frameworks doing the architects job. The architect as the holder of organizational knowledge. The "hand on" architect. The specialist architect. The architect driving towards simplicity. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3...
May 13, 2020•19 min
Topics: The problem with roadmaps Roadmaps vs Roadmaps Team's role in managing uncertainty Product Owner's responding to organizational demands for certainty Continuous delivery as an aid to learning and managing outcomes With Csaba Bereczki, Ardita Karaj, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan. Lean Startup https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10127019-the-lean-startup Escaping the Build Trap https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/42611483-escaping-the-build-trap Powerful Roadmaps https://leanpub.com...
May 06, 2020•18 min
Topics: Symptoms of complexity Causes of complexity Avoiding complexity Tension when doing the "right" thing Organizational complexity impacting system complexity Preferring "our" complexity over "their" complexity Models to evaluate complexity, e.g., Cynefin With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. References: Jeff George https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rKEveL55TY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuWwlHFdOp8 Stacy Complexity Model https://managedagile.com/tags/stac...
Apr 29, 2020•21 min
Topics: What is a full-stack developer? Specialization's effects Cases where it's easy to become one Complexity of applications making it harder Market demand/hiring techniques driving out full-stack developers Specialization of testing Capacity planning with/without full-stack developers New graduates/young developers not knowing advantages With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podc...
Apr 22, 2020•18 min