Java Posse #446

Roundup ‘13 - Team Organizational Structure Fully formatted shownotes can always be found at http://javaposse.com Please join us for the 2014 Java Posse Roundup, from Feb 24th to 28th in Crested Butte, CO. The subject this year is Software Engineering Trends. More details and registratiosn at http://www.mindviewinc.com/Conferences/JavaPosseRoundup/ Horizontal vs. Vertical http://smallbusiness.chron.com/vertical-structure-vs-horizontal-structure-organization-4904.html http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_h_orizontal_and_vertical_organizational_structure http://www.organizationalchampions.com/blog/?tag=structure Holacracy http://www.bloomberg.com/video/what-s-the-hoopla-over-holacracy-in-business-_jrZHiaGQdKDPmQj8hs95Q.html http://holacracy.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holacracy http://www.reinventing-business.com/2014/02/mindfulness-and-holacracy.html Refactoring Organizations http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Business_and_Organization_Refactoring Organizational Debt http://www.brainloaf.com/2012/02/13/is-organizational-debt-bankrupting-your-productivity/ http://theagileexecutive.com/tag/organizational-debt/ Conway’s Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_law Specialist vs. Generalist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalist_and_specialist_species http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2012/10/15/should-you-be-a-generalist-or-a-specialist/ Efficiency Movement - Fredrick Taylor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficiency_Movement Measuring Organizational Efficiency http://smallbusiness.chron.com/organizational-effectiveness-vs-organizational-efficiency-22413.html Teams and Tribes http://www.tomandgeriscrum.com/2013/05/24/the-importance-of-tribe-for-agile-sustainability/ Team - reporting http://www.rallydev.com/product-feature/reporting-analytics Tribe - domain/feature/product http://theagiletribe.wordpress.com/ Flat Structure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_organization Development Sprint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(software_development) Refactor When Blocked http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring Banishing “That’s not my job” http://www.hcareers.com/us/resourcecenter/tabid/306/articleid/958/default.aspx Horizontal Integration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_integration Cohesion Across Verticals http://www.fragilestates.org/2012/03/12/horizontal-versus-vertical-social-cohesion-why-the-differences-matter/ Google 20% http://www.wired.com/business/2013/08/20-percent-time-will-never-die/ Technical Debt Reduction http://www.ontechnicaldebt.com/blog/5-steps-to-reduce-technical-debt-when-using-agile/ Thanks Libsyn.com - http://www.libsyn.com - for hosting and bandwidth Feedburner.com - http://www.feedburner.com - for feed redirect Kirsty Doherty, Amy Ehmann for Java Posse artwork Theme Music: Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI), written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney. Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad. Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1) To contact us: Visit our homepage - http://javaposse.com Post on our Google Group - http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse Pose a question on our Google Moderator group - http://tinyurl.com/q4javaposse Call us with questions and feedback - (408) 465-4626 Or send us email - [email protected] The Java Posse consists of Tor Norbye, Carl Quinn, Chet Haase and Dick Wall