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AoAD2 Chapter 3: How to Be Agile

James Shore

Choose the zones that your organization both needs and is willing to pay for , as described in the “Choose Your Zones” section at the end of the previous chapter. In the West, it’s come to mean a process of continuous gradual improvement: constantly reviewing and improving your practices at all levels of the organization. probably not.

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AoAD2 Chapter 6: Invest in Change

James Shore

Exactly how disruptive it is depends on how many teams are affected and how well you manage the change. If you have one team that’s eager to try Agile with your organization’s full support, it doesn’t have to be a big deal. If you’re trying to change 50 teams in an organization that’s unfamiliar with Agile ideas.

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Why a data scientist is not a data engineer

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There is a gradual recognition of the need for data engineering. I’m hoping my body of work will educate organizations on this critical need. Even when organizations have data science and data engineering teams, there is still a lack of appreciation for the work that went into the data engineering side.

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From Engineer to Executive: An Interview with Eric Muntz of MailChimp

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For a short period of time, worked for the government doing web development and then actually started a consulting business in Atlanta where my main client was the Federal Government in Washington D.C. It was a very small little consulting practice. Consulting is great.” Eric: I joined as an engineer. Marcus: I do.