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A Full Stack developer commands a salary premium over any specialist, in any domain. Simply Hired is just one of the online real-world salary big-data dashboards that shows this to be true. The business benefit of full stack developers is also the driver of development and operations to DevOps: Developers who manage their own productionRead more about Full Stack Developers[…]
We are often asked about how best to Scrum sales groups and teams. First, is it worth training the sales staff in Scrum? We’ve seen sales double rate of deal closure then double that again by running aggressive scrum. We’ve seen even better product to market match when sales team members are new product developmentRead more about Scrum Sales Teams[…]
This guide is an early release draft. Please add any suggestions for improvement in the comments. Purpose This guide serves to define Scrum in Hardware with specific technical practices and patterns to achieve rapid releases and short iterations in Hardware. Any company can utilize this guide and confirm their implementation on Scrum in Hardware alongRead more about Scrum in Hardware Guide[…]
This week I was messaged on LinkedIn about how to deliver new machinery designs without finance or resources. Wikispeed is famous for this, and some folks may be interested in our conversation: >> My problem is finance and resources. I have the basic architectural options that must be iterated through. I am curious to knowRead more about Getting To Market with no Finance or Resources[…]
This question came in today, and I suspect some other people might be thinking through who needs to be on the team versus who needs to be a friend of the team. >>Question that came in: Hi Joe, HW question for you … I’m helping a LeSS adoption. The current client makes (or procures hardware),Read more about Hardware Agile Team Composition[…]
In 2006 I designed and manufactured the WIKISPEED modular car. In 2010 team WIKISPEED produced the Scrum Build Server, a Scrum team with flexible tooling capable of compiling a wide variety of CAD designs, testing them, and deploying them as complete physical products. In 2011 Tim Myer helped us refine our Test Driven Development practicesRead more about Twice the Teslas in Half the Time[…]
I asked Dr. Jeff Sutherland, the co-creator of Scrum, what is the most important learning for all Scrum practitioners and trainers. He looked at me with locked on crazy eyes and said: “They must have the MINDSET of Scrum!” I physically rocked back on my heels from his focus and intensity. I was brave enoughRead more about OODA loop[…]
Winning in Gran Turismo video games is accomplished by crossing the finish line first in the Gran Turismo World Cup. The Cup is a series of 5 lap races, open to any car in the game. For most of my life, I had no idea these games could be “won”. Like many people, I enjoyedRead more about Winning Gran Turismo in Real Life and the Laguna Seca Test Rig[…]
This blog post is an invite for open discussion. If you have any insight or opinions about the content included in this post, please feel free to comment. We appreciate all feedback and welcome all input. Here begins Rev 0 AKA the rough draft of my efforts to produce a concise and valuable summary ofRead more about Product Owner Dependability and Adaptability[…]
This blog post summarizes the key points which came up in a conversation between Joe Justice and Chris Wallace discussing some challenges Chris is having with consistently and accurately estimating points for user stories in the WikiSpeed Burleson, TX, USA shop. While explaining his current experience with story points estimation, Chris expressed that he thinks that theRead more about Story Points Estimation[…]