I never got the hang of UML: overly complicated, hard to understand, too close to code. Hence, I was skeptical about C4 diagrams when I… Read More »Visualising the Architecture of Qt Embedded Systems: Context and Container Diagrams
In her post The five keys to a successful Google team, Julia Rozovsky summarises the recipe for successful teams: “Who is on a team matters less than how the team members interact, structure their work, and view their contributions.” Here is my commentary.
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With Team Topologies, Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais have written a brilliant book how to create a high-performance software development organisation with the best team structure and interaction. Organisations are complex adaptive systems that change as the result of the interactions between their components (e.g., the teams) and the interactions with other systems (e.g., the rest of the organisation, competitors, suppliers, technology and market trends). The resulting changes are hard to predict and hard to control.
Read More »Book Review: “Team Topologies” by Matthew Skelton and Manuel PaisAlmost all companies I worked with over the last 25 years had an oversupply of non-technical managers and an undersupply of technical experts in leadership positions. These companies build products with less value for the users and take longer to do so. Apple shows that companies can succeed with a functional organisation, where experts lead experts.
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