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Brad Hipps

The data on faster delivery

What are the traits of fast, productive software engineering teams? We used data to establish some preliminary baselines and findings.

Jul 13, 2023

The data on faster delivery

Jul 13, 2023

Brad Hipps

Does a 4-day work week… work?

How does a four-day week impact team productivity?

Dec 8, 2022

Does a 4-day work week… work?

Dec 8, 2022

Brad Hipps

Are smaller engineering teams faster?

Jeff Bezos, you may’ve heard, felt engineering teams shouldn’t be larger than what two pizzas could feed — that is, about seven people.

Nov 2, 2022

Are smaller engineering teams faster?

Nov 2, 2022

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The 5-minute guide to interviewing software engineers

There’s nothing quite like an awful interview — the kind where both you and the candidate leave feeling as though you’ve just barely…

Sep 14, 2022

The 5-minute guide to interviewing software engineers

Sep 14, 2022

Brad Hipps

Deadlines: healthy motivator or sick game?

In my first software job out of school, green as hell, I had explained to me the essentials of running a good meeting.

May 20, 2022

May 20, 2022

Brad Hipps

Stop estimating. Start shipping.

Ron Jeffries, co-founder of XP, originator of story points, has some regrets.

Apr 1, 2022

Stop estimating. Start shipping.

Apr 1, 2022

Brad Hipps

Unstuck: finding flow in software engineering

The cumulative flow diagram is famous for illustrating engineering flow efficiency — that is, how smooth our work throughput is. It’s…

Feb 25, 2022

Unstuck: finding flow in software engineering

Feb 25, 2022

Brad Hipps

Fighting the tax that drains software teams

What’s the invisible tax eating away at software teams?

Jan 14, 2022

Fighting the tax that drains software teams

Jan 14, 2022

Brad Hipps

Agile metrics that underwhelm

Look, broadly speaking, Agile has been a force for good. The Agile Manifesto was essential to demolishing the plodding, box-checking…

Nov 11, 2021

Nov 11, 2021

Brad Hipps

Three engineering measures that matter

Umberto Eco, the famed medievalist and writer, once described the novel as “a machine for generating interpretations.” The more…

Nov 9, 2021

Three engineering measures that matter

Nov 9, 2021

The past decades have been about engineering automation (DevOps, etc.). This decade will be about engineering intelligence.
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Brad Hipps
Cofounder, Socratic. Previously Appcelerator (Titanium), HP, Accenture.
Brad Hipps
Cofounder, Socratic

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