Better ROI from Software Development
By Red Folder Consultancy Ltd
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Providing advice on how to get the best Return On Investment from your Software Development.
Hosted by Mark Taylor of Red Folder Consultancy, this series is targeted at those that fund software development in improving their return on investment.
Through a series of short weekly podcasts, Mark explores and explains why "traditional" management techniques will not only produce poor returns, but actively encourage it.
Find out more about Red Folder Consultancy at https://red-folder.com.
Or reach out to Mark on Twitter @redfoldermark
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#205: Estimation - a wrap-up
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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#204: Estimation - Professionalism
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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#203: Estimation - Is Artificial Intelligence the answer?
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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#202: Estimation - Quantitative approaches
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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#201: Estimation - the #NoEstimate approach
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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#200: Estimation - Qualitative Approaches
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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#199: Estimation - Quantitative vs Qualitative
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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#198: Estimation vs the punitive target
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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#197: Estimation vs Dependencies
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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#196: Estimation vs Planning
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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#195: Estimation - An estimate by any other name
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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#194: Estimation - What are you actually asking for?
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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#193: Estimation - How much to invest
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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#192: Estimation - Predictability vs Optimism
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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#191: Estimation - what is a valuable estimate?
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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#190: Estimation - Do you get value?
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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#189: Estimation - a review
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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#188: Bad for ROI - More Developers
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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#187: Bad for ROI - More Planning - Part 2
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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#186: Bad for ROI - More Planning - Part 1
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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#185: Bad for ROI - Overemphasis on Perfection
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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#184: Bad for ROI - the Feature Factory
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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#183: Bad for ROI - Performance measurements in software development
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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#182: Bad for ROI - Bonuses
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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#181: Bad for ROI - RAG reporting
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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#180: Bad for ROI - the HiPPO
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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#179: Does the manager still have a role to play in the modern software development team?
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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#178: Transaction-based costing - a wrap-up
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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#177: Transaction-based costing and Small Batch Sizes
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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#176: Transaction-based costing and Value Stream Teams
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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#175: Transaction-based costing and its relationship with serverless and cloud
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#174: Transaction-based costing in Software Development
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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#173: AI Coding Assistants - the future
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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#172: AI Coding Assistants - the potential negatives
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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#171: AI Coding Assistants - the benefits
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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#170: AI Coding Assistants - an introduction
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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#169: ChatGPT - initial conversation thoughts
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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#168: ChatGPT - my first conversation
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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#167: Password Hygiene
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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#166: The value of certifications
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May 31, 2023 |
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#165: Introduction to the Actor Model
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May 24, 2023 |
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#164: Design Patterns
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May 17, 2023 |
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#163: Taking time for self care
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May 10, 2023 |
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#162: Recommendations in a downturn
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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#161: State of DevOps 2022
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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#160: Revisiting Software Development Estimation
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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#159: Gantt Charts revisited
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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#158: The Pitch - one-size does not fill all
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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#157: The Pitch - its not like flipping hamburgers
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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#156: The Pitch - the management practices of yesterday
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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#155: The Pitch - the age and maturity of software development
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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#154: The Pitch - doing change
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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#153: The Pitch - the Age of Software and Digital
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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#152: The Pitch - lets talk business
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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#151: Mini-budget implications on contractor and permanent markets
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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#150: An updated pitch for the podcast
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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#149: Legacy Data - advice for dealing with it
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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#148: Legacy Data - why you should be thinking about it
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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#147: Legacy Software - addressing with Outsourcing
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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#146: Legacy Software - addressing with Revolution
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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#145: Legacy Software - addressing with Evolution
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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#144: Legacy Software - how to address
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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#143: Legacy Software - a risk matrix
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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#142: Legacy Software - the causes
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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#141: Legacy Software - the impact
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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#140: Legacy Software - an introduction
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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#139: Automation - the higher value work side-effect
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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#138: Automation - the knowledge sharing side-effect
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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#137: Automation - the auditability side-effect
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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#136: Automation - the security side-effect
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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#135: Infrastructure-as-Code
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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#134: DevOps Topologies - Working types
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May 31, 2022 |
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#133: DevOps Topologies - Anti-Types
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May 25, 2022 |
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#132: Inverse Conway Maneuver
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May 11, 2022 |
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#131: Conway's Law
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May 04, 2022 |
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#130: To Checklist or not to Checklist
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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#129: Handling Failure
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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#128: Error Budgets
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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#127: System Availability - Service Level Indicators, Objectives and Agreements
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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#126: State of DevOps 2021 - What it says about Site Reliability Engineering
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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#125: State of DevOps 2021 - What it says about Culture
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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#124: State of DevOps 2021 - What it says about Security
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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#123: State of DevOps 2021 - What it says about DevOps Technical Practices
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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#122: State of DevOps 2021 - What it says about Documentation
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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#121: State of DevOps 2021 - What it says about Cloud
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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#120: State of DevOps 2021 - A summary
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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#119: Shifting Left
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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#118: Running a bath - a deeper dive into feedback
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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#117: Robotic Process Automation
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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#116: Low Code and No Code
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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#115: Build vs Buy
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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#114: The Tech Pro Unicorn Podcast
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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#113: Security Briefing - The OWASP Top 10 - Part 3
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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#112: Security Briefing - The OWASP Top 10 - Part 2
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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#111: Security Briefing - The OWASP Top 10 - Part 1
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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#110: Security Briefing - Supply Chain Attacks
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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#109: Security Briefing - Paying to be hacked
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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#108: Security Briefing - Social Engineering
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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#107: Security Briefing - Introducing Zero Trust
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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#106: Security Briefing - Beyond Passwords
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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#105: Security Briefing - Passwords
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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#104: Security Briefing - Getting started
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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#103: Security Briefing - Why cyber security matters to you
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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#102: The Theory of Constraints - Part 2
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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#101 - The Theory of Constraints - Part 1
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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#100: Project to Product by Mik Kersten
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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#99: Value Streams and Value Stream Mappings
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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#98: Open Source - Licences
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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#97: Open Source - the motivation
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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#96: Open Source - Is it really free?
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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#95: Software Application Speed - the Content Delivery Network
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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#94: Software Application Speed - Caching
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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#93: Software Application Speed - Website Performance Optimisation
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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#92: Software Application Speed - UX Design
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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#91: Software Application Speed - why its important
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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#90: Finding a Search Engine Optimisation Expert
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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#89: Search Engine Optimization - SEO
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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#88: Eventual Consistency and the CAP Theorem
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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#87: The value of Meeting Agendas - an episode 83 follow up
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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#86: Using Video for Rapid Feedback - an episode 83 follow up
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May 27, 2021 |
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#85: Regular software releases - an episode 83 follow up
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May 19, 2021 |
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#84: Service Level Agreements - an episode 83 follow up
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May 12, 2021 |
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#83: The non-technical buyer with Trevor Ewen
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May 05, 2021 |
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#82: No, being furloughed should not influence recruitment
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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#81 - Scrum - The dangers of misunderstanding
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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#80: Scrum - Stopping a Sprint
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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#79: Scrum - It will find your problems
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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#78: Scrum - The team is asking for more
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Mar 17, 2021 |
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#77: Scrum - Conflict
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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#76: Scrum - The Definition of Done
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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#75: Scrum - Common Problems
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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#74 - Scrum - Theories and Values
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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#73: Scrum - A primer
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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#72: To bonus or not to bonus
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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#71: Meetings - the good, the bad and the ugly
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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#70: Making time for focus
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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#69: New Year's resolutions
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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#68: 2021 Predictions
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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#67: Bad for ROI - The Silver Bullet
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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#66: Practices applied - How I use them
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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#65: Bad for ROI - 100% Utilisation
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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#64: Bad for ROI - Big Bang
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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#63: Bad for ROI - The Rockstar developer
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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#62: Bad for ROI: The Gantt Chart
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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#61: The UK Executive's attitudes towards custom Software Development survey
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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#60: The Programmers Oath - I will never stop learning and improving my craft
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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#59: The Programmers Oath - I will produce estimates that are honest both in magnitude and precision
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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#58: The Programmers Oath - I will continuously ensure that others can cover for me, and that I can cover for them
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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#57 - The Programmer's Oath - I will do all that I can to keep the productivity of myself, and others, as high as possible
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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#56 - The Programmer's Oath - I will fearlessly and relentlessly improve my creations at every opportunity
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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#55: The Programmers Oath: I will make frequent, small, releases so that I do not impede the progress of others.
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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#54: The Programmers Oath: I will produce, with each release, a quick, sure, and repeatable proof that every element of the code works as it should.
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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#53: The Programmers Oath - The code that I produce will always be my best work
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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#52: The Programmers Oath - I will not produce harmful code
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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#51: Professionalism in Software Development - The Programmers Oath
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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#50: Series recap
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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#49: Assuming another person's intent purely from their actions
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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#48: Its not just about building the right thing - its also about building the thing right
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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#47: Deliberate Practice, Code Katas and Game Days
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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#46: Helping our teams with Individuals Learning
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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#45: Organisational Learning
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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#44: Learning
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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#43: Containers, Docker, Kubernetes and Serverless - explaining Serverless
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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#42: Containers, Docker, Kubernetes and Serverless - explaining Container Orchestrators and Kubernetes
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May 27, 2020 |
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#41: Containers, Docker, Kubernetes and Serverless - explaining Containers and Docker
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May 20, 2020 |
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#40: Containers, Docker, Kubernetes and Serverless - explaining virtualisation
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May 13, 2020 |
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#39: Improving predictability in Software Development by asking the team to do less
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May 06, 2020 |
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#38: The Covid-19 episode - Helping our unexpected remote workers
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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#37: Avoiding over focus on the short term
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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#36: Recruitment - Bonus Episode 2 - Feedback
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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#35: Recruitment - Bonus Episode - The best hire you can make
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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#34: Recruitment - Getting the best and keeping them
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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#33: Recruitment - Act quickly
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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#32: Recruitment - Interviews
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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#31: Recruitment - Working with agencies
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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#30: Recruitment - Understanding worth
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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#29: Recruitment - Defining the role
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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#28: Recruitment - Is a permanent employee the right thing for you?
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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#27: Recruitment - Should you be recruiting at all?
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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#26 Recruitment - A mini-series
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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#25: The series so far
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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#24: Mob Programming
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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#23: Pair Programming
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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#22: Handling incomplete work
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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#21: Continuous Deployment
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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#20: Continuous Delivery
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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#19: Continuous Integration
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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#18: Source Control
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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#17: Monoliths and Microservices
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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#16: Technical Debt
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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#15 - Monitoring
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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#14: Software Testing
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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#13: State of DevOps report 2019
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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#12: War and Peace and IT
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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#11: We need to talk about Culture
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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#10 - Introduction to DevOps
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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#9: Introduction to the Cloud
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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#8: Introduction to Agile
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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#7 - Introduction to Lean Software Development
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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#6: Introduction to the Minimum Viable Product
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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#5: Thinking about software development investment
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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#4: Why is software development complex?
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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#3: Projects are bad for return on investment
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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#2 - It's not about utilization
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Jul 10, 2019 |
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#1 - Why is it difficult to get the best return on investment
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Jul 02, 2019 |
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Episode 0 - Why I'm doing this podcast
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Jun 20, 2019 |