My presentation at 6th Annual Conference of Bangalore Software Process Improvement Network (BSPIN) on 9 Oct. The theme was 'CraftDucing' and we had an interesting perspective on striking the balance between people centric vs. production centric view.
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People over Processes
1. âPeople over processesâ
Tathagat Varma
Sr. Director Business Operations
Yahoo! India R&D
2. Letâs understand the
âcraftâ firstâŚ
â˘âŻ Sheer joy of making things
â˘âŻ Pleasure of things that are useful to other people
â˘âŻ Fascination of fashioning complex puzzle-like
objects of interlocking moving parts and watching
them work in subtle cycles
â˘âŻ Joys of always learning, which sprints from the
non-repeating nature of the task
â˘âŻ Delight of working in such a tractable medium
The Mythical Man Month â Fred Brooks, 1975
6. ButâŚDid that solve the
problem?
â˘âŻ ââŚIn looking back, [Kent] Beck finds that while each
segment of the Manifesto was a giant leap forward in
2001, the language no longer reflects the challenge of
launching successful innovation in the marketplace
of 2011.â
â˘âŻ Beckâs Beyond Agile Manifesto -
â˘âŻ Team Vision and Discipline over Individuals and Interactions
â˘âŻ Validated Learning over Working Software
â˘âŻ Customer Discovery over Customer Collaboration
â˘âŻ Initiating Change over Responding to Change
http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2011/05/04/innovation-applying-inspect-adapt-to-the-agile-manifesto/
7. What is the most important
part in these two machines?
The BrakesâŚThey let you go faster!
AndâŚThe Man!!
8. So, what are we
learning?
â˘âŻ Innovation is the game
â˘âŻ More of same is not enough!
â˘âŻ âStartupsâ breed innovation
â˘âŻ No risk, no reward!
â˘âŻ Invest on smart people
â˘âŻ Let them break stuff !
â˘âŻ Donât impose a process
â˘âŻ Let them self-organize!
â˘âŻ Donât confuse means with ends
â˘âŻ Itâs not about the tool!
9. Itâs not about
the tool!
A photographer went to a
socialite party in New York. As
he entered the front door, the
host said âI love your pictures
â theyâre wonderful; you must
have a fantastic camera.â
He said nothing until dinner
was finished, then: âThat was
a wonderful dinner; you must
have a terrific stove.â
â Sam Haskins
http://www.haskins.com/ImageShop/Image_Shop_60s/60s_Books_A.Image_01.html