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Jez Halford
Jez Halford

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Jan 27, 2018

You have the power!

Blockers are all in your mind. Smash them. — If you’re reading this, I imagine you’re some sort of software developer. A programmer, an engineer. A coder. What made you want to be a one of those? For me, it was the idea that I can make a computer do anything I want. I imagine it might be similar…

Software Development

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You have the power!
You have the power!
Software Development

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Jan 27, 2018

Measure what matters

How long does it take you to deliver a feature into production, from inception to shipment? If you can’t easily answer that question, it’s time to do some measuring. You can work to improve this metric over time, but unless you already know it, you’re just making wild guesses. It’s…

Agile

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Measure what matters
Measure what matters
Agile

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Jan 15, 2018

Why it’s hard to get stuff done

Do you ever find you’re swamped by thousands of tiny things that stop you from ever making any real progress? In software this sort of thing happens pretty often. Perhaps more often than in other industries — we’ve even come up with a handy name for those awkward niggles. …

Productivity

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Why it’s hard to get stuff done
Why it’s hard to get stuff done
Productivity

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Published in HackerNoon.com

·Jan 5, 2018

Why your software doesn’t work

Have you ever built some software that turned out not to be very good at what it was supposed to do? You’re not alone. …

Agile

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Why your software doesn’t work
Why your software doesn’t work
Agile

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Published in Going Faster

·Dec 11, 2017

Seven Deadly Wastes: Bugs

Going Faster: Issue 17 — The Seven Wastes are an idea from lean manufacturing, and I’m exploring how they relate to software development. Last time was over production, and this week I’m looking at the last one: defects. It’s no great revelation to say that bugs slow us down, but they might slow us down…

Software Development

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Seven Deadly Wastes: Bugs
Seven Deadly Wastes: Bugs
Software Development

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Published in Going Faster

·Dec 4, 2017

Seven Deadly Wastes: Over production

Going Faster: Issue 16 — The Seven Wastes are an idea from lean manufacturing, and I’m exploring how they relate to software development. Last time was over processing, and this week is over production. Over production is, very simply, building stuff that isn’t needed or that nobody uses. Here’s a fun tweet that suggests some…

Agile

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Seven Deadly Wastes: Over production
Seven Deadly Wastes: Over production
Agile

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Published in Going Faster

·Nov 27, 2017

Seven Deadly Wastes: Don’t Over Think It

Going Faster: Issue 15 — The Seven Wastes are an idea from lean manufacturing, and I’m exploring how they relate to software development. Last time was waiting, and this week is over processing. Over processing can be summarised as working too hard. If you’ve ever built in a caching layer “just in case”, if you’ve…

Software Development

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Seven Deadly Wastes: Don’t Over Think It
Seven Deadly Wastes: Don’t Over Think It
Software Development

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Published in Going Faster

·Nov 7, 2017

Seven Deadly Wastes: Waiting

Going Faster: Issue 14 — The Seven Wastes are an idea from lean manufacturing, and I’m exploring how they relate to software development. Last week was motion, and this week is waiting. How long do you spend waiting for things? Well, that’s not actually important. …

Agile

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Seven Deadly Wastes: Waiting
Seven Deadly Wastes: Waiting
Agile

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Published in Going Faster

·Oct 30, 2017

Seven Deadly Wastes: Motion

Going Faster: Issue 13 — The Seven Wastes are an idea from lean manufacturing, and I’m exploring how they relate to software development. Last week was inventory, and this week is motion. Motion is the movement of people or things around work. This is why car factories use moving production lines — it’s much easier…

Agile

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Seven Deadly Wastes: Motion
Seven Deadly Wastes: Motion
Agile

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Published in Going Faster

·Oct 23, 2017

Seven Deadly Wastes: Inventory

Going Faster: Issue 12 — The Seven Wastes are an idea from lean manufacturing, and I’m exploring how they relate to software development. Last week was transport, and this week is inventory. Inventory is any product that hasn’t yet been delivered, so in manufacturing that’s components, materials, and unfinished products. In software the closest match…

Agile

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Seven Deadly Wastes: Inventory
Seven Deadly Wastes: Inventory
Agile

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Jez Halford

Jez Halford

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Software development consultant. Agile, DevOps, Automation.

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