Is “Systems Thinking is dead” the new “Agile is dead”? In this episode, we do a summary episode on what became a 4 episode series stemming from a disparaging article about systems thinking by Ed Braden. We react to the article, get Ed’s response and then - using a little help from Google Ai - offer successful examples of implementing systems in large government projects.

Links:
- Bradon's article: worksinprogress.co/issue/magical-systems-thinking/
- Bradon's self-responses on X: x.com/EdBradon/status/1966470317288616342
- Ed's reply on Twitter: x.com/EdBradon/status/1971266284990976361
- Gall's Law: www.driverlesscrocodile.com/processes-w…-galls-law/

Shape Up episodes:
Ryan Singer on Basecamp and Shape Up, Part I
https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/ryan-singer-on-basecamp-and-shape-up-part-i
Ryan Singer on Basecamp and Shape Up, Part II
https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/ryan-singer-on-basecamp-and-shape-up-part-ii 
Ryan Singer on Basecamp and Shape Up, Part II
https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/ryan-singer-on-basecamp-and-shape-up-part-iii 


Full episodes on this topic:
Someone is wrong on the internet about systems thinking! https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/someone-is-wrong-on-the-internet-about-systems-thinking
Systems Thinking rant redux, Part I https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/systems-thinking-rant-redux-part-i
Systems Thinking rant redux, Part II https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/systems-thinking-rant-redux-part-ii
Systems Thinking rant redux, Part III
https://soundcloud.com/troubleshootingagile/systems-thinking-rant-redux-part-iii 

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Greatest Hits: The Systems Thinking Rant

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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