Adam presents TDD as skill zero, the one that unlocks all the others. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 April 2024 Giveaway instructions 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #65: Systems Thinking ☕️ Dave Farley on Small Batches 📘 Tidy First? by Kent Beck Chapters (00:00) - Skill Zero: Test D…

Adam presents a catch-all episode on ops reviews, visual management, call-to-actions, and SLOs. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 April 2024 Giveaway instructions 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #104: Blue-Yellow-Black Visual Management ☕️ Small Batches #26: Service Level Objectives wit…

Dave Mangot returns to discuss his new book "DevOps Patterns for Private Equity". Don't let the title fool you, this is best introduction to DevOps and many related software delivery topics. Buy this book for anyone in leadership. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE March 2024 book giveaway 🧭 Get your FREE Guide…

Adam presents visual management using simple blue, yellow, and black color grading. This is an essential episode. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 March 2024 Giveaway instructions 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 📘 Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn (Katie's Book) ☕️ Small Batches #102: Chain of Learnin…

Adam presents a series of questions to understand production operations, plus a method to practice: MMIVM. That's Model-Measure-Instrument-Visualize-Monitor. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 🎁 Enter the February 2024 Book Giveaway! ☕️ Small Batches #90: As Measured By ☕️ S…

Adam's welcomes Katie Anderson to the show to discuss her book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn, lean thinking, and the powerful growth mindset. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 📘 Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn (Katie's Book) 🎧 Chain of Learning (Katie's Podcast) ☕️ …

Adam's two most common words (verbal ticks even) from 2023. Is it a party foul to bring lean thinking into a New Year's Eve party? Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn ☕️ Small Batches #87: Set-Based Concurrent Engineering 📘 Managing to …

Adam welcomes John Willis to discuss his new book, Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge. We discuss why John wrote the book, Deming's career arc, and how we put Deming's ideas into action. The print edition is available now. Listen through to the end for announcements from Adam and John. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE guid…

Adam presents the ideas in Wiring the Winning Organization with a vignette from his time on gemba. Plus, a giveaway! Here's how to win a FREE copy of Wiring the Winning Organization. First, follow me on LinkedIn. Second, post a link to Small Batches podcast episode with what you learned using the #SmallBatchesGiveaway hashtag. The giveaway runs thr…

Twelve tips for first-time engineering managers. Want more? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ 🚀 New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellenceOleh Adam Hawkins

Adam presents thinking about boundaries, testing, and software design. Want more? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ 🚀 New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 🖥️ Alistair Cockburn's posts on Hexagonal Architecture 📘 New Book! Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge by John Willis ☕️ Small Batches #22: Derek C…

Adam presents how he thinks about estimates and delivery. Plus, a special announcement on something new! Want more? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ 🚀 New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 🥋 The Software Kaizen Substack 📘 Principles of Product Development Flow 📘 Making Work Visible ☕️ Small Batches #86 -…

Adam presents mental model behind lean and agile. The mental model accepts we don't know the path forward, thus we must optimize for learning it. Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here. Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: 🧠 The Small Batches Way study guide 📘 The Fifth Discipline 📘 The Learn Sta…

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 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

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 …

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 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Oleh Adam Hawkins

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 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Oleh Adam Hawkins

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) ★ Support this podcast on Patreo…

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 #83 2. Study the origin: Small Batches #84 3. Build a mental model of the software delivery value stream: Small Batches #73 4. Follow me on LinkedIn for daily software delivery education 5. Create a…

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 - …

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 - F…

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 📘 Val…

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Adam connects Deming's trips to Japan in 1950 with modern software delivery. This is an essential episode. Deming on Small Batches: ☕️ Small Batches #100: Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge with John Willis ☕️ Small Batches #67: The Red Beads (Deming's experiment to introduce SPok) ☕️ Small Batches #49: Variation ☕️ Small Batches #50: Introduci…

Adam shares an end-of-year reflection on pursuing the lean ideal. This is the last episode of 2022. Small Batches will return in 2023. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Oleh Adam Hawkins

Adam presents the language used to call the plays from Leadership is Language as told in The Project Banana episode. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #80: Project Banana ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn ☕️ Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit 📘 Lea…

Adam presents the concept of redwork and bluework presented in the book "Leadership is Language". Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #80: Project Banana ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn ☕️ Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit 📘 Leadership is Language…

Something completely different. This episode is a short story about leadership, communication, and collaboration. Chapters (00:00) - 080 - Project Banana (00:37) - Project Banana (03:38) - Launch Day (07:10) - Preflight Checks (08:02) - Deploy the Proxy (11:27) - ANDON! (14:55) - Collaborate (26:40) - The Coach (32:46) - Complete (35:50) - Improve …

Learn More NEW! The Small Batches Slack App Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective (Come join Saeed and I) Saeed's post on the Business Vision, Product Vision, Product Objectives, Product Strategy, and Roadmap hierarchy ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Oleh Adam Hawkins

Learn More NEW! The Small Batches Slack App Toyota Kata Pocket Guide Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge (Part One) The Flow Collective ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Oleh Adam Hawkins

Adam summarizes John Shook's book "Managing to Learn" on the A3 problem-solving process. Show Notes ☕️ Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way ☕️ Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge 📘 Managing to Learn 📘 Understanding A3 Thinking 🧠 More on the A3 Process with Examples 🎁 My Annotated A3 Template Miro Board ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

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Recommend Reading 📘 The New Economics by Dr. Deming 📘 The High-Velocity Edge by Dr. Steven Spear 📘 The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge 📘 The Toyota Way by Jeffery Liker 📘 The Toyota Kata by Mike Rother 📘 The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald Reinersten 📘 Making Work Visible by Dominica de Grandis 📘 Modern Software Engineering by Dave…

Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective Links Small Batches #65: Systems Thinking The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Oleh Adam Hawkins

Recommend Reading 📘 The New Economics by Dr. Deming 📘 The High-Velocity Edge by Dr. Steven Spear 📘 The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge 📘 The Toyota Way by Jeffery Liker 📘 The Toyota Kata by Mike Rother 📘 The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald Reinersten 📘 Making Work Visible by Dominica de Grandis 📘 Modern Software Engineering by Dave…

Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective Links Small Batches #1: The DevOps Handbook Small Batches #70: Deployment Pipelines Small Batches #39: The High-Velocity Edge - Part One Value Stream Mapping by Karen Martin and Mike Osterling ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

Recommend Reading 📘 The New Economics by Dr. Deming 📘 The High-Velocity Edge by Dr. Steven Spear 📘 The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge 📘 The Toyota Way by Jeffery Liker 📘 The Toyota Kata by Mike Rother 📘 The Principles of Product Development Flow by Donald Reinersten 📘 Making Work Visible by Dominica de Grandis 📘 Modern Software Engineering by Dave…

Links Small Batches #17: Continuous Delivery with Dave Farley Small Batches #63: Modern Software Engineering Minimum Viable Continuous Delivery ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Oleh Adam Hawkins

Explore the tip of scientific thinking, lean, and kaizen with Dr. Deming's PDCA loop. Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Email Course War & Peace & IT Pocket Guide Links Adam Hawkins on Twitter Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn Adam Hawkins' website Sm…

Links Small Batches #22: Boundaries with Derek Comartin Small Batches #38: Dev Environments with Bryan Finster ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Oleh Adam Hawkins

Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Email Course War & Peace & IT Pocket Guide Links Adam Hawkins on Twitter Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn Adam Hawkins' website Profound Podcast Small Batches #49: Dr. Deming on Variation Small Batches #50: Introduci…

How to use the 5S method plus the PFEP (Plan for Every Part) to reach the target condition of stable production operations. Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Email Course War & Peace & IT Pocket Guide Links Adam Hawkins on Twitter Adam Hawkin…

Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Email Course War & Peace & IT Pocket Guide Links Adam Hawkins on Twitter Adam Hawkins on LinkedIn Adam Hawkins' website The New Economics by Dr. Deming (Book) The Fifth Discipline Small Batches #51: The Syste…

This one comes from the episode jar. Canary deploys use deploy an experimental change prior to a larger change. If the canary change is successful, then proceed as normal. Otherwise, back off and readjust. Free Resources NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective DevOps Email Course Project to Product Em…

A look into the ideas of empiricism, iteration, and incrementalism applied to software engineering. These are the code ideas of Dave Farley's 2022 book "Modern Software Engineering". Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 📘 Modern Software Engineering 📘 The Pragmatic Programmer …

Adam presents "The Four Types of Problems" by Art Smalley. The types are troubleshooting, gap from standard, target condition, and open-ended. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #53: The Toyota Way ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn 📘 The Four Types of …

Let's go back in time to linger on the works of the master thinkers. This episode presents Kent Beck's book "Extreme Programming Explained". I'm hard-pressed to find anything that's irrelevant or that I disagree with. Links Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley Extreme Programming at Pivotal ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

Adam presents a summary of Donald Reinertsen's 2009 book. Tl;DR: understand the price of work, optimize for flow through queues, use WIP constraints, reduce batch sizes, and prefer decentralization. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #59: Time Thieves ☕️ Sma…

Adam presents the "five time thieves" described in Dominica DeGrandis' book Making Work Visible. The thieves are: too much WIP (work-in-progress), unknown dependencies, conflicting priorities, neglected work, and (the most annoying of the bunch) interrupts. Learn More ☕️ Small Batches #60: Principles of Product Development Flow ☕️ Small Batches #58…

Adam presents applying the mathematics behind queueing theory to software delivery. Also, an announcement! Links NEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. ☕️ Small Batches #59: Time Thieves ☕️ Small Batches #60: Principles of Product Development Flow 📘 Principles of Product Development Flow 📘 Making Wor…