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Tuckman was Wrong — Dynamic TeamingØredev 20182018-11-19
Claims that Tuckman’s staged model is generally true are rejected with evidence: a comprehensive study finds 2% of teams actually follow…
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Escape Velocity - Better Metrics for Software TeamsØredev 20182018-11-19
Argues that velocity is nearly useless as a metric and shows concrete alternatives: measure cyclomatic complexity to track technical debt, count escaped…
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Dynamic Teams - Fluidity for the winNDC Oslo 20172017-06-14
Claims that stable membership is necessary are challenged with specifics: Tuckman’s staged model lacks empirical support (a 2011 US military study shows stages…
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Technical Debt TrapAgile India 20172017-03-05
Argues that real technical debt is deliberate, refactorable code with tests, not messy legacy which is re-labeled crust, and shows a plotted cost-of-change…
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The Technical Debt TrapNDC Sydney 20162016-08-01
Argues that “technical debt” properly means a deliberate, repayable shortcut backed by clean code with tests, not sloppy or legacy cru; shows code examples…
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The Experimentation MindsetNDC Sydney 20162016-08-01
Shows that tiny wording flips learning outcomes with a fifth grade math experiment where praising effort produces rising grades while praising smartness…
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Agile Metrics: Velocity is NOT the GoalPhilly ETE 20162016-04-11
Argues velocity is a lagging indicator and setting targets triggers Goodhart's Law and the Hawthorne Effect, so boosting velocity often hides costs (longer…
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The Technical Debt TrapRocky Mountain Ruby 20142014-09-24
Technical debt is a deliberate design or learning tradeoff that requires clean code is prerequisite and tests so refactoring is possible; messy, untested work…
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Lightning Talks (Day 2)Rocky Mountain Ruby 20142014-09-24
Asset pipeline demos show how to reproduce production locally with rails s -e production and precompile via rake assets:precompile, and explain toggling…
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