

Software Delivery in Small Batches
Adam Hawkins
Adam Hawkins presents the theory and practices behind software delivery excellence. Topics include DevOps, lean, software architecture, continuous delivery, and interviews with industry leaders.
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Jun 5, 2023 • 8min
Language Choice
Adam presents the rationale behind choosing a language or tech stack. Spoiler alert: it's irrelevant to software delivery performance. Learn More🚀 New listener? Start here.📘 Accelerate - The science of software delivery performance📘 The DevOps Handbook☕️ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking🧠 The DORA report
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May 22, 2023 • 5min
Drift into Failure
Adam presents thoughts on Sidney Dekker's book "Drift into Failure". 🚀 New listener? Start here.📘 Drift into Failure by Sidney Dekker📘 The Field Guide to Understanding "Human Error" by Sidney Dekker☕️ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking📹 The Pursuit of Success & Averting Drift into Failure - Sidney Dekker (DOES 2017)Editor's note: There is an error in the recording. Adam mistakenly refers to Challenger when he means Columbia.
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May 9, 2023 • 7min
The Agile Manifesto
Adam revisits the historic Agile Manifesto.Learn More🚀 New listener? Start here.🧠 The Agile Manifesto📘The Art of Agile Development by James Shore📘The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim☕️ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering
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Apr 25, 2023 • 7min
Iterations & Increments
Adam shares an example of breaking work into increments and iterations.Learn More🚀 New listener? Start here.📘 Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley☕️ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering
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Apr 11, 2023 • 5min
As Measured By
Adam shows how the phrase, "as measured by", encourages empirical and scientific thinking.Learn More🚀 New listener? Start here.📘 Measure what Matters by John Doerr ☕️ Small Batches #88 - Golden Signals☕️ Small Batches #84 - Deming & The System of Profound Knowledge☕️ Small Batches #69 - Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA)
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Mar 28, 2023 • 7min
Introduction
Adam describes the aims of this podcast and what listeners can expect. Here's the best way to start down the path:1. Envision the ideal: Small Batches #832. Study the origin: Small Batches #843. Build a mental model of the software delivery value stream: Small Batches #734. Follow me on LinkedIn for daily software delivery education5. Create a self-study plan: Small Batches #716. Supplement with my catalog of episodes7. Go to the gemba and start iterating 💪🏼Want even more? Try these 101 episodes:Small Batches #75 - DevOps 101Small Batches #73 - Software Delivery 101
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Mar 14, 2023 • 10min
Golden Signals
Adam presents the four golden signals for steering production operations.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:📘 Release It! Design & Deploy production-ready Software📘 Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems☕️ Small Batches #26 - Service Level Objectives with Alex Hidalgo☕️ Small Batches #75 - DevOps 101🧠 The USE Metrics Framework🧠 Monitoring Distributed Systems
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Feb 28, 2023 • 6min
Set-Based Concurrent Engineering
Adam comments on the importance of creating a menu of viable alternatives when problem-solving.Show notes🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence📘 Understanding A3 Thinking📘 Toyota Kata📘 Lean Product & Process Development☕️ Small Batches #77 - Managing to Learn☕️ Small Batches #62 - Four Types of Problems
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Feb 14, 2023 • 9min
Flow: A Mental Model
Adam introduces the idea of "flow" beginning with the Theory of Constraints and ending with value stream networks.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these:📘 The Goal 📘 Making Work Visible📘 Principles of Product Development Flow📘 Goldratt's Rule of Flow📘 Value Stream Mapping📘 Project to Product (introducing the Flow Framework)☕️ Small Batches #42 - Kanban & Jidoka
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Jan 31, 2023 • 8min
Core Ideas
Learn MoreNEW! The Small Batches Slack AppToyota Kata Pocket GuideSmall Batches #71: Recommended ReadingSmall Batches #84: DemingThe Flow Collective
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