Emile SilvisinThe Startup14 lessons for helping people make good softwareI’ve spent the last year as a software engineering manager for teams building a new product. Our tribe (the group of teams) was part of a…Sep 4, 2019Sep 4, 2019
Emile SilvisWhy ‘courage’ is a Scrum value and ‘being right’ is notI often see situations like this in software teams:Sep 17, 20188Sep 17, 20188
Emile SilvisA thought experiment: let’s add a new role to scrum — the craft masterI recently read an article about how scrum disempowers developers due to its focus on value rather than technical excellence. This is…Jun 6, 20181Jun 6, 20181
Emile SilvisDefinitions of Done should be a co-star — not a supporting actorSomething I realised recently (which I knew in theory but ignored in practice) is that reminding teams that they are the ones responsible…May 17, 20182May 17, 20182
Emile SilvisI did a workshop on systems thinkingIn April, Roland and I presented a workshop on systems thinking at the MiXiT conference in Lyon. Check out the presentation and case study…May 16, 2018May 16, 2018
Emile SilvisWhat I have learned from running a small software consultancyMe and two friends started Glio in September 2012. By day Glio was a consultancy, offering website development (mainly with WordPress on…Oct 30, 2016Oct 30, 2016
Emile SilvisFix your budget, not your scopeMany software projects take on the form of a transaction between vendor and customer. A transaction is an exchange of value. The vendor…Oct 3, 2016Oct 3, 2016
Emile SilvisGrowth comes from real failureThere is a certain narrative that is prevalent in contemporary startup cultures. Its story goes something along the lines of “failure is…Sep 30, 2016Sep 30, 2016
Emile SilvisA quick review of Exploring Everyday Things with R and RubyI’ve recently learned a lot about Ruby, and I’m also quite interested in R, a programming language for statistical computing. The book…Aug 30, 2016Aug 30, 2016