Delivering Agile Methodologies & Emerging Tech in Hostile...
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Argues that regulated and BigCorp environments are hostile to Agile because schedule, compliance and cost certainty make waterfall the rational choice; recommends tactical workarounds: recruit a cross‑functional trusted team, run a visible continuous integration on a laptop to shorten feedback loops, and adopt low‑impact tech (Git front end to Subversion, Play deployed as a WAR, React tooling, Solr for optional search, Spark only with a full ops plan). Gives a concrete coverage example (Iridium vs. smartphones) and stresses monitoring, backups and SLAs — these measures work in practice.
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chapters (23)
- 0:00EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE ENTERPRISE CONFERENCE
- 0:19Hostile Environments
- 1:03Goals
- 1:53How Is the Environment Hostile?
- 2:51Phone Comparison
- 6:28The Origins of Waterfall
- 8:05Regulatory
- 9:09Business
- 11:13Technology Stasis
- 11:27Scenario 1 - Organizational Budget
- 13:25Scenario 2 - Cost Sharing
- 14:30Recurring Themes
- 15:49Delivering Better Methodologies
- 16:04Form a Deliberate Approach
- 17:20Build an Improved Feedback Loop
- 23:51Alternative 1 - Deferred Delivery
- 24:43Alternative 2 - The Highway
- 31:19Implementation Strategies
- 33:57Delivering Emerging Technologies
- 34:47Operational Considerations
- 39:11Other Considerations
- 40:06Positive Examples
- 46:37Final Words of Advice
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