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Don’t Separate Design from Implementation

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Quite frankly, people in these roles often lack the training and experience to do good system design, to propose alternative designs and weigh their trade-offs, to examine implementation details and modify the design as the system is being developed. Footnotes: [1] “The Design of Design” by Fred Brooks, pp 176-77.

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Grown-Up Lean

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The most important findings in the book were: The development processes of high performing companies focused on fast time-to-market, excellent product quality, and high engineering productivity (i.e. From rigid and risk-adverse to agile, experimental, and adaptable. Google was deploying changes multiple times a day.

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Lean Software Development: The Backstory

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The second book summarizes the essence of lean product development this way: Understand that knowledge creation is the essential work of product development. Charter a team of responsible experts led by an entrepreneurial system designer. Manage product development using the principles of cadence, flow, and pull.