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The Unicorn Project · Karl's Blog

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Karl's blog of randomness and programming

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Karl's Blog

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The Unicorn Project

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I recently finished The Unicorn Project and found it compelling, as was The Phoenix Project. I wanted to document some of the lessons it teaches, because they’re something I hope to keep in mind while leading a software development unit. These lessons are “the three ways” and “the five ideals”. The Three Ways My thoughts here are expansions of some of the excerpts at IT Revolution. Flow/Systems Thinking Amplify Feedback Loops Culture of Continual Experimentation and Learning Flow/Systems Thinking Consider the performance of an entire system instead of just a part. One way to look at “the system” is the entire flow of work from product owner, through dev, test, and release into availability for employment. Another way to look at “the system” is as the literal system people are building.

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The Unicorn Project

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I recently finished The Unicorn Project and found it compelling, as was The Phoenix Project. I wanted to document some of the lessons it teaches, because they’re something I hope to keep in mind while leading a software development unit. These lessons are “the three ways” and “the five ideals”. The Three Ways My thoughts here are expansions of some of the excerpts at IT Revolution. Flow/Systems Thinking Amplify Feedback Loops Culture of Continual Experimentation and Learning Flow/Systems Thinking Consider the performance of an entire system instead of just a part. One way to look at “the system” is the entire flow of work from product owner, through dev, test, and release into availability for employment. Another way to look at “the system” is as the literal system people are building.

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