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Bliki: Periodic Face-to-Face

Martin Fowler

No video-conference system can create the that depth of interaction, staring at a computer screen to see what other people are doing is draining, with no opportunity to pop out for a coffee together to break up the work. Remote teams can be formed at large distances, and it's common to see members separated by hours of travel.

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Grown-Up Lean

LeanEssays

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. How fast could it travel if there were no backlogs, no loopbacks, no red spots on the process map? That’s friction.