How thinking small is changing software development big time

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Argues teams must ship single, tiny features daily and move from sprint batches to continuous delivery with automated unit and end-to-end tests so debugging nearly disappears; recommends microservices architectures so a production change can be a single commit, cites failed month-long sprints and burn-downs after six months as evidence that long projects slow things, urges three-person teams working in short cycles, fewer rules, broader skills, and measurement by deploy frequency and time-to-restore.

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1. 0:00Intro
2. 0:28What do you need to do
3. 1:52Kinetic friendly pure
4. 4:56Dave Snowden
5. 5:25Innovation is better
6. 5:51Stop detailed planning
7. 6:11Delivery in small pieces
8. 6:42Release every 2 weeks
9. 8:51Sprints
10. 9:51Deliver it continuously
11. 10:22Automate everything
12. 10:39Testing
13. 11:19Debugging
14. 12:05Agile Manifesto
15. 12:49Availability of Resources
16. 13:20We need to go really fast
17. 13:31Jackofalltrades
18. 13:53Developing in a broader sense
19. 14:13Traffic jams in the Netherlands
20. 15:25Creative work
21. 16:40Communication
22. 16:58Meeting
23. 17:23Group size
24. 18:04Open floor plans
25. 18:36Autonomy
26. 18:57Selforganization
27. 19:12Service
28. 19:22Fun
29. 19:38Meeting room
30. 20:19Less rules seems to work
31. 20:37Traffic in Indonesia
32. 21:40Stop thinking right
33. 22:13Software development is so hard
34. 22:57Agile transformation
35. 23:36Wheres the customer
36. 23:48This is the approach
37. 24:06This is from Discipline Agile
38. 24:22This is from Spotify
39. 25:01You should do your own thinking
40. 25:20What works for you
41. 25:31Stop doing stupid projects
42. 25:47We are not in a world
43. 26:11Half work for half life
44. 26:25Communication is easier
45. 26:37Continuous work
46. 26:50The process
47. 27:16Only one way to change
48. 27:33If you want to change
49. 28:02Lack of subconscious

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