rich mccabe presents: managing for technical excellence pm reston luncheon 17 sept 14
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Rich McCabe presented: Managing for Technical Excellence at the PM Reston luncheon 17 Sept. 2014TRANSCRIPT
Managing forTechnical Excellence
Rich McCabe
Agile Coach
Copyright © 2014 Richard McCabe and Santeon, Inc.
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How does a(technically dubious)
Managerpromote technical excellence?
How Should We PromoteManagement Excellence?
Training
Best practicestandards
Auditors
Mentor/Coach Pair Management
Communityof Practice
Goals &Metrics
How we promote technical excellence
depends somewhat onwhat it is…
What is technical excellence, anyways?
Technical Excellence is …Bestpractices
Metrics of …Business Product
Outcomes Characteristics
Creativeresponse tocomplexity
Followingthe
rulesA culture of ongoing investment in evolving practice and improved outcomesDo
AssessPlan
Work doneby experts
Finally—promoting technical excellence…
FIRST – Want it
Hire for it
Communicate
LAST – Prioritize for it
Promote not prescribe
Resources of Interest
• Jurgen AppeloManagement 3.0 -- Chapters 10-11
• Tom DeMarcoo Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
o “Mad About Measurement” from Why Does Software Cost So Much? And Other Puzzles of the Information Age
Rich [email protected]. santeon.com
11700 Plaza America Drive, Suite 810Reston, VA 20190
Copyright © 2014 Richard McCabe and Santeon, Inc.