Adam Hawkins
Software Delivery Coach
Appears in 122 Episodes
The Four Types of Problems
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?...
Extreme Programming
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".
The Principles of Product Development Flow
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 size...
Time Thieves
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...
Queuing Theory
Adam presents applying the mathematics behind queueing theory to software delivery. Also, an announcement!LinksNEW! The Small Batches Slack App for Teams🚀 New listener...
Software Delivery Glossary
Adam previews a new project by presenting a few entires from the software delivery glossary.
Flow Mapping with Steve Pereira
Adam welcome Steve "The Value Stream Guy" Pereira to the show. The last part of the conversation. Adam and Steve discuss how to get started with flow engineering and v...
Flow Engineering with Steve Pereira
Adam welcomes Steve "The Value Stream Guy" Pereira to the show. Steve goes deep into flow engineering and the four outcome maps. Part two of three of the conversation.
Flow and Value with Steve Pereira
Adam welcomes Steve "The Value Stream Guy" Pereira to the show. Steve discusses his focus on value streams, the power and fractal nature of flow. Part one of three of ...
The Toyota Way
A summary of 14 principles described in Jeffery Liker's 2021 book "The Toyota Way".
Dr. Deming on Variation with John Willis
Adam and John Willis discuss the importance of common and special cause variation and the missing link in teaching lean theory.
System of Profound Knowledge with John Willis
The second episode is a three-part conversation on Dr. Deming with John Willis. Adam and John focus on Deming's second book The New Economics which introduces the syst...
Introducing Dr. Deming with John Willis
This is the first of a three-part conversation on Dr. Deming with John Willis. Adam and John Willis introduce Dr. Deming through his books Out of the Crisis, The New E...
Dr. Deming on Variation
This is the first episode of a few episodes on Dr. Deming's works. Adam recaps Dr. Deming's "System of Profound Knowledge" principle: understanding variation. There ar...
The High-Velocity Edge with Steve Spear
Adam welcomes Steve Spear to the show to discuss his 2009 book "The High-Velocity Edge." This is the last episode in the series.Adam and Steve reflect on the fundament...
The High-Velocity Edge: Part Nine
My closing thoughts on the book before the next episode featuring my conversation with Steven Spear.
The High-Velocity Edge: Part Eight
This episode demonstrates the third capability, knowledge sharing, and the fourth, developing skills in others, through Toyota's "jishuken" exercise. It's a process fo...
The High-Velocity Edge: Part Seven
The episode covers applying a disciplined problem-solving method to achieve the second capability. Part seven of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity E...
The High-Velocity Edge: Part Six
This episode completes the discussion on the first capability: system design and operation by identifying the four levels of system design and their associated checks....
The High Velocity Edge: Part Five
How to operate systems inspired by Sakichi Toyoda's "jidoka" philosophy.
The High-Velocity Edge: Part Four
Part four of a ten-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. This episode introduces the two pillars of the first capability: design systems...
The High-Velocity Edge: Part Three
This episode tells how Admiral Hyman Rickover demonstrated the four capabilities while creating the US Navy's nuclear reactor (or NR) program. Part three of a ten-part...
The High Velocity Edge: Part Two
The four capabilities demonstrated by Alcoa's commitment to changing their safety culture.
The High-Velocity Edge: Part One
Part one of a nine-part series on the 2009 book The High-Velocity Edge by Steven Spear. This episode demonstrates how complex systems fail through the story of Mrs. Gr...
Dev Environments with Bryan Finster
Adam & Bryan Finster discuss the development workflows required for delivering to production daily with fast feedback and high confidence. Don't miss this one.
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team with Dave Mangot
Adam discusses "The Five Dysfunctions of Team" by Patrick Lencioni with SRE & DevOps expert Dave Mangot.
Transforming Conversations with Jeffrey Fredrick & Douglas Squirrel
Adam Hawkins discuss Jeffrey Fredrick & Douglas Squirrel's book "Agile Conversations". They get into the concept of "TDD for People" and leading change through better ...
Value Streams with Carmen de Ardo
Carmen de Ardo & Adam Hawkins give an introduction to value streams and value stream management.
Team Topologies with Matthew Skelton
Matthew Skelton & Adam Hawkins discuss concepts in "Team Topologies" and inflection points in team and software architecture.
Developer Principles with Markus Schirp
Markus Schirp & Adam Hawkins discuss the principles and practices that led to mutation testing and impact on effective daily work.
