Richard Bown

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On software engineering: legacy, architecture, teams & organisation. Consultancy, training and coaching. 🇬🇧 in 🇳🇱
Websitehttps://richardwbown.com
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@scottwambler Unless you close your eyes and keep paying the bills. That's still management.
This week I've been meeting the team for the first time since starting working with them 2 months ago. Meeting people, sharing stories, having a beer - I feel it's impossible to replicate this experience of bonding online no matter how carefully you organise it.
Well I've been in Germany since Sunday and I'm yet to have a good, cold, well-served *first* beer. Although I think perhaps last night numbers 3 and 4 were OK..
@adamhjk What's good remote working practice? Any references?
Podcast: A Manifesto for Better Software Delivery https://t.co/ypsUN3om6t
Podcast: A Manifesto for Better Software Delivery - Software Delivery

There is a disconnect between the creative and iterative process of software engineering and established project management capability.

Software Delivery
Trains, planes and replacement coach services https://t.co/JgdbbSy3T1
Richard Bown on Twitter

“Trains, planes and replacement coach services”

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Agile vs Waterfall Doesn’t Matter: The Three Degrees of Perfect Projects https://t.co/UTLVhcAygB
Agile vs Waterfall Doesn’t Matter: The Three Degrees of Perfect Projects - Software Delivery

Agile started as a reaction to the Waterfall methodology. Where is Agile now more than 20 years down the line?

Software Delivery
chuck 💐 @ mcm cv c-03 on Twitter

“my friend video called me because a pigeon had flown into his bathroom and he didn’t know what to do. i told him to keep me updated, 10 minutes later he sent this”

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Identifying The Busywork https://t.co/pVIoentahZ
Identifying The Busywork - Software Delivery

Busywork (n): Being so focussed on doing the things that we do, that we lose sight of why we are doing them.

Software Delivery
Software Engineering – the social side of programming https://t.co/9WWgcY2Rhs
Software Engineering - the social side of programming - Software Delivery

The danger of many techniques around DevOps and CI/CD is that it sometimes makes it seem like making software is just a matter of buying some tools and plugging them together while following some best practices. This is DevOps by name alone.

Software Delivery