The Continuous Delivery Podcast

Topics: What is DORA? Usefulness of DORA What DORA doesn't tell you With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ State of Devops Report 2019 https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/state-of-devops-2019.pdf YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https:/...

Topics: Purpose of "Sprint Zero" Goal-setting techniques Alignment techniques Aligning on technical practices through codestorming Organizational practices thrust upon the team Psychological safety and feedback With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ Yo...

Hello Continuous Delivery Podcast listener - please do rate this podcast in your podcast app. We appreciate it. Topics: Can we have good, fast and cheap? When can quality be sacrificed? Quality vs Cost or Quality vs Change Is quality a prerequisite for speed? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https...

Topics: Should a Product Owner be "approving" user stories? Is story acceptance a gate? Collaboration as an alternate to approval Making Product Owners feel safe so they trust the team Leadership behaviours that seek blame to avoid responsibility With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Responsibility Process: https://responsibility.com/responsi...

Topics: The automated visual regression pitch What to watch out for when using tools like Playwright, Cypress Alternate ways to achieve same objective With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK...

Topics: Cost of dependency management vs cost of dependency elimination Technical ways of managing dependencies Organizational structure as the root cause Patterns on dealing with dependencies With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2b...

Recorded on August 13, 2020 at the Firkin Pub in Toronto, the crew peg back a variety of beverages and discuss mobbing.  Topics: What is mobbing? Mobbing gone wrong Senior and junior team member's view of mobbing Mobbing with Product Owners Team norms and mobbing With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts:...

Topics: Dealing with a team new to continuous delivery Impact of autonomy on team culture What we take away when we don't give autonomy The road matters as much as the result Quickest way to burnout With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bi...

Topics: Effects of asynchronous code reviews PRs prohibiting refactoring Pros of using Pull Requests Norms to consider for PRs The code review mindset Pull Request retros Alternative approaches With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589/ YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2...

We welcome two champions of agile software development, Chet Hendrickson and Ron Jeffries. With the backdrop of Continuous Delivery we discuss a variety of topics ranging from the motivations behind the manifesto to what's next in agile software development. Also with Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan and Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod Linke...

Topics: Agile coaching turns soft Consulting companies money-grabbing Developers rejecting agile Agile turning from an adjective to a noun The agile cloak giving organizations a reason not to change Capital "A" Agile = Waterfall The benefits and issues with Scrum Scrum's failure to inspect and adapt Compliance metrics instead of results Desire for corporate predictability killing te...

Topics: Design working ahead Just enough design Biases in design research Best way to validate your ideas Designers working with developers Designers working wit product managers How to increase collaboration Design User Story? With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspod LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12399589...

Topics: ActiveRecord as a model for organizing database changes Applying principles from ActiveRecord today Database refactoring Avoiding manual changes to the database Pipeline activities and data Data testing techniques Data management bottlenecks Some advice on improving data landscapes With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/...

Topics: Mastering Git to increase productivity Source code management making integrating code easier Biggest thing that Git delivers Artifact management Security, compliance and the pipeline's role Decentralizing the pipeline How to make smaller changes to reduce merging risk  Creating repositories to pull dependencies Monorepos With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan...

Topics: Estimation in decision-making Estimation in Continuous Delivery Culture implications of estimation No BS Planning Poker Estimation as a timeboxing tool No love for timeboxing When estimations are demanded Estimation as a communication tool Projection based on throughput With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. Twitter https://twitter.com/continuouspo...

Topics: Four types of value. There is no value, only speculation of value. Can a Product Owner prioritize based on the different types of values? The sweet spot of building the right thing, the thing right and building it fast. The Product Owner as not just a decision-maker but a conduit. Guidance for Product Owners who are not in a mature CI environment. Learning beyond the product but the cultur...

Topics: Architecture is important but what about architects? Is there a need for a specific role? The construction analogy. Frameworks doing the architects job. The architect as the holder of organizational knowledge. The "hand on" architect. The specialist architect. The architect driving towards simplicity. With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi...

Topics: The problem with roadmaps Roadmaps vs Roadmaps Team's role in managing uncertainty Product Owner's responding to organizational demands for certainty Continuous delivery as an aid to learning and managing outcomes With Csaba Bereczki, Ardita Karaj, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan. Lean Startup https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10127019-the-lean-startup Escaping the...

Topics: Symptoms of complexity Causes of complexity Avoiding complexity Tension when doing the "right" thing Organizational complexity impacting system complexity Preferring "our" complexity over "their" complexity Models to evaluate complexity, e.g., Cynefin With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. References: Jeff George https...

Topics: What is a full-stack developer? Specialization's effects Cases where it's easy to become one Complexity of applications making it harder Market demand/hiring techniques driving out full-stack developers Specialization of testing Capacity planning with/without full-stack developers New graduates/young developers not knowing advantages With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "C...

Topics: Importance of testing Why do systems turn legacy Approaches to take when no documentation exists Continuous delivery when migrating legacy systems Avoiding the big bang migration Dealing with data With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtc...

Topics: Reuse of utility libraries Challenges with reusing business capabilities Delivery vs Reuse Organizational structures setup for reuse Being offended when your code isn't reused With Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly...

Topics: What is trunk-based development? What replaces branches? What replaces PRs? Adoption resistance The prerequisite of quality With Csaba Bereczki, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: https://bit.ly/3KsaODW Twitter: htt...

With Csaba Bereczki, Gino Marckx, Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, Zarar Siddiqi. The underlying need when asking for metrics Gamification  Psychological safety  The mother's ear Time and place for technical and business metrics YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Xfv2bp Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4bNrAJK Spotify Podcasts: https://spoti.fi/4bZjtcA LinkedIn Group: https://bit.ly/3wZIWDM RSS Feed: ht...

Topics: What's a feature toggle? Reducing product risk  Separation of concerns - release vs deploy; preventing accumulation of work Implementing toggles safely Measuring impact and answering the question of what's moving the needle Importance of baseline data  Empowering product roles by giving them control First steps if you decide to implement feature toggles With Csaba Bereczki, Gino...