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Tips for New Managers

Tips for New Managers

Twelve tips for first-time engineering managers. Bonus Tip! 🗺️ Get The Small Batches Way study guide here. You can support Small Batches here.

Boundaries

Boundaries

Adam presents thinking about boundaries, testing, and software design.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue you...

Estimates

Estimates

Adam presents how he thinks about estimates and delivery. Plus, a special announcement on something new!Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here...

The Mental Model

The Mental Model

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...

Language Choice

Language Choice

Adam presents the rationale behind choosing a language or tech stack. Spoiler alert: it's irrelevant to software delivery performance. Are you just beginning your path...

Drift into Failure

Drift into Failure

Adam presents thoughts on Sidney Dekker's book "Drift into Failure".  Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue you...

The Agile Manifesto

The Agile Manifesto

Adam revisits the historic Agile Manifesto.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of th...

Iterations & Increments

Iterations & Increments

Adam shares an example of breaking work into increments and iterations.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the path? Continue yo...

As Measured By

As Measured By

Adam shows how the phrase "as measured by" encourages empirical and scientific thinking.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already on the ...

Introduction

Introduction

Adam describes the aims for this podcast and what listeners can expect.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.You can support Small Batches here.

Golden Signals

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 ...

Set-Based Concurrent Engineering

Set-Based Concurrent Engineering

Adam comments on the importance of creating a menu of viable alternatives when problem-solving.Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here.Already ...

Flow: A Mental Model

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 ...

Core Ideas

Core Ideas

Adam presents nine ideas that bridge the gap between Deming's System of Profound Knowledge and modern-day DevOps.

Dr. Deming

Dr. Deming

Adam connects Deming's trips to Japan in 1950 with modern software delivery. This is an essential episode.

The Ideal

The Ideal

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.

Leadership is Language

Leadership is Language

Adam presents the language used to call the plays from Leadership is Language as told in The Project Banana episode.

Redwork / Bluework

Redwork / Bluework

Adam presents the concept of redwork and bluework presented in the book "Leadership is Language".

Project Banana

Project Banana

Something completely different. This episode is a short story about leadership, communication, and collaboration.

Product Management with Saeed Khan

Product Management with Saeed Khan

A long-form weekend conversation on the vision, objective, strategy, and roadmap aspects of product management with Saeed Khan. Saeed is a product consultant based in ...

Lean Leadership

Lean Leadership

The mental model for lean leadership through self-development, personal mastery, and developing others.

Managing to Learn

Managing to Learn

Adam presents a summary of John Shook's book "Managing to Learn" on the A3 problem-solving process.

The Coaching Habit

The Coaching Habit

Adam presents how lean leaders can use the seven questions from The Coaching Habit.

DevOps 101

DevOps 101

Adam presents an updated introduction to DevOps principles and practices.

System Archetypes

System Archetypes

Adam presents some examples of The Fifth Discipline's system archetypes in software delivery.

Lean Software Delivery 101

Lean Software Delivery 101

A short introduction to the ideas and practice of lean applied to software delivery. A preview of the material in the Small Batches slack app.

Percent Complete and Accurate

Percent Complete and Accurate

Adam introduces the percent complete and accurate metric used in system design and operations.

Recommend Reading

Recommend Reading

Adam presents recommended reading for anyone interested in lean software delivery.

Deployment Pipelines

Deployment Pipelines

Adam discusses the stages in deployment pipelines and why they are necessary but not sufficient for continuous delivery. Listen through to the end.

PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)

PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act)

Adam present's Dr. Deming's PDCA cycle and how it applies to the daily work of delivering software.

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