This week, we bring you one of our most popular previous episodes to refresh your memory or listen to for the first time.

The first chapter of Agile Conversations is all about people-centred development, and we tell the story of our own journey from over-determined software factory to today's feature factories, with similar Taylorist theories of management in both. In today's episode, we go into more depth on the causes of this tragic journey, touching on old and new topics like Theories X and Y, the Cynefin framework, and why there isn't a JIRA plugin for conversational quality.

SHOW LINKS:
- Taylorism: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_management
- Theories X and Y: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_X_and_Theory_Y
- 12 Signs You're Working in a Feature Factory by John Cutler: cutle.fish/blog/12-signs-youre…n-a-feature-factory
- Cargo cults: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult and www.jamesshore.com/Blog/Cargo-Cult-Agile.html
- Cockburn on people: web.archive.org/web/2014032920365…tware+development
- Cynefin: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework

Episode transcript: https://agileconversations.com/blog/software-factory-to-feature-factory/

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Greatest Hits - Software Factory To Feature Factory

A bit of festive magic for you. 

We have invited Marcin Floyran and Sebastian Lambla back onto the podcast to discuss VeST (Vertical Slice Technologies). They were last on the podcast about two years ago to talk about Agile Anarchy and we asked them back to talk about VeST. So here it is. Aslak is asking the questions. 

This is a great listen for those who are interested in building customer-centric, high-quality software products.


Topics discussed during the podcast include:

 - The core concepts of VeST and its benefits.

 - Why focusing on the customer can be a great first-step for teams steeped in legacy code.

 - Debunking hexagonal architecture and ports and adapters. 

 - The role of traditional testers and mob testing. 

Shownotes

 - Sebastian's blog - https://serialseb.com/serials/vest-redux/

 - Agile Anarchy podcast - https://cucumber.io/blog/2016/02/16/agile-anarchy

 - Kind of Green - Aslak's post about how we are building Cucumber Pro -https://sdjournal.org/bdd-like-jazz/

Shout out the pod on Twitter @cucumberbdd - https://twitter.com/cucumberbdd

VeST - Vertical Slice Technologies

This week, Jeffrey and Squirrel are on the road at CITCON Vienna, interviewing participants about how they use agile techniques and principles outside development.

SHOW LINKS:

-The 12 Agile Principles: http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html

-CITCON: http://citconf.com/

-London Organisational Learning Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/London-Action-Science-Meetup/

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Greatest Hits - Software Factory To Feature Factory

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