Software Engineering Culture Round-Up

A Collection of Top Software Engineering Culture News, Articles, Presentations and Podcasts September 2024 [InfoQ] Software Engineering Culture Round-Up Sponsored by [Scrum.org] [Latest Content](#latest-content), [Top Viewed Content](#top-viewed-content), [Top News](#news), [Top Articles & Presentations](#top-articles-and-presentations), [Top Podcasts](#top-podcasts) In this special newsletter we bring you up to date on all the new content and news related to Software Engineering Culture on InfoQ. We are also maintaining a portal page for this content on InfoQ at: [(. [] Latest Content on InfoQ [Continuous Delivery, Psychological Safety and Inclusive Leadership in Software Engineering]( (podcasts, Aug 16, 2024) [Experiences from Doing DORA Surveys Internally in Software Companies]( (news, Aug 15, 2024) [Building Organizational Resilience Through Documentation and InnerSource Practices]( (presentations, Aug 14, 2024) [Prepare to Be Unprepared: Investing in Capacity to Adapt to Surprises in Software-Reliant Businesses]( (articles, Aug 12, 2024) [Increasing Productivity by Becoming a Dual-Purpose Stream Aligned and Platform Software Team]( (news, Aug 01, 2024) [Evolving the Agile Organization with Evidence-Based Management]( This guide includes concepts and tools for enabling business agility through Evidence-Based Management. It examines the importance of Organizational Design and Culture, which includes human factors, processes, and structures in the organization that can promote or inhibit agility with Scrum. [Learn more](. Sponsored content [Evolving the Agile Organization with Evidence-Based Management - Sponsored by Scrum.org]( [] Top Viewed Content on InfoQ [Platform as a Runtime - the Next Step in Platform Engineering]( (articles, Jun 28, 2024) [Transitioning from a Software Engineering Role into a Management Role]( (news, Jun 20, 2024) [Risk and Failure on the Path to Staff Engineer]( (presentations, Jul 10, 2024) [Java in Education Initiative Aims to Empower the Next Generation of Developers]( (news, Jul 02, 2024) [Breaking the Ceiling: Scaling Your Impact at the Staff-Plus Level]( (presentations, Jul 08, 2024) [] Top News [How Testing in the Metaverse Looks]( The "metaverse" typically refers to a collective virtual shared space that is created by the convergence of a virtually enhanced physical reality and a persistent virtual reality. According to Jonathon Wright, testing requires a mix of manual testing, automated testing, user testing, emulators, and simulators. Real-world testing environments are used to cover as many scenarios as possible. [Transforming Software Product Teams into Tech Investors]( The key responsibility of an organisation lies in balancing user value with profitability. In a product organisation, software product teams invest their own time. According to Fabrice des Mazery, software developers are much more than stakeholders; they are the main investors as they are part of the product teams. [Gojko’s Lizard Optimization for Product Growth and Retention]( Gojko Adzic’s new book, Lizard Optimization, shows how addressing product misuse and marginal use cases enhances customer retention and drives growth. He discusses the book with Dave Farley for GOTO's Book Club, and shares examples illustrating how focusing on unique user needs leads to broader improvements. The techniques are suited to products seeking to grow market share or reduce churn. [Gillette Case Study: Developing Razors Using Scrum]( In this podcast, Gillette's VP of Global R&D, David Ingram, discusses the successful transition to Scrum for a new razor, emphasizing parallel creation, faster decisions, and improved execution quality. The shift showcases Scrum's benefits in team alignment, outcome focus & stakeholder engagement. [Listen now](. Sponsored content [Gillette Case Study: Developing Razors Using Scrum - Sponsored by Scrum.org]( [How Team Health Checks Help Software Teams to Deliver]( In healthy software teams, people feel psychologically safe to solve problems and contribute, Brittany Woods said in her talk at QCon London. She presented how they do team health checks and the benefits that it has brought them. [Ideas for Crafting Inclusive Public Software Platforms]( Public software platforms should be inclusive and accessible to everyone, where people feel comfortable using them. It’s a big challenge to design a platform for everyone, from digital newbies to natives, with varying knowledge and experience of administrative processes. Government platforms must ensure their users' trust so that they feel safe using government services online. [] Top Articles & Presentations [Simplicity, Speed, and Re-use. Shipping Threads in 5 Months]( In Jan 2023, we received word that we’d need to build a microblogging service. This article describes how we developed and launched the Threads app at Meta last year. [article]( [How Quality Champions Foster Sustainable Software Quality Improvement at Swiss Post]( Even skilled and motivated agile teams sometimes fail to achieve their own software quality goals. This article presents a practice to assist agile teams in reaching their quality goals. [article]( [Strangler Things: How to De-risk Legacy Code Migrations]( Shawna Martell discusses a case study in which they disentangled systems with no customer impact and zero downtime, how they prioritize feature migration, tooling, and backwards compatibility. [Shawna Martell]( [Practitioner Learning Series: Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework]( To help practitioners advance their use of Scrum, this learning series dives deep into Scrum theory and the Scrum framework, providing practical advice on how to use Scrum to increase the effectiveness of individuals, teams and organizations. [Learn more](. Sponsored content [Practitioner Learning Series: Understanding and Applying the Scrum Framework - Sponsored by Scrum.org]( [Developer Experience in the Age of Generative AI]( The panelists discuss challenges developers face that interrupt the development flow, slow things down, the tools available to help, and how to use AI-powered programming assistants to help. [InfoQ Live]( [Building a Culture of Continuous Experimentation]( Sarah Aslanifar discusses leveraging continuous learning to drive efficiency, eliminate waste, and significantly improve product outcomes, covering the crucial role of Minimum Viable Products (MVPs). [Sarah Aslanifar]( [] Top Podcasts [Technical Excellence, Team Productivity and Scrum Anti-Patterns]( In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Stefan Wolpers about trends in product management, engineering productivity and the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide. [podcast]( [Governance for Reducing Complexity]( In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Tony Ponton about the challenges of governance and how to avoid creating complexity while enabling agility. [podcast]( [Platforms, People and Process for Great Developer Experience]( In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Daniel Bryant, the News Manager at InfoQ, about engineering culture and developer experience. [podcast]( [Platform Engineering – Making Other Teams 10x Better]( In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Jessica Andersson about the role of platform engineering in empowering and enabling other teams. [podcast]( [Influencing Change, Joy at Work and Protecting Mental Health with Eb Ikonne]( In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods spoke to Eb Ikonne about leading change without authority, joy at work and mental health in the workplace. [podcast]( [Connect with InfoQ on Twitter]( [Connect with InfoQ on Facebook]( [Connect with InfoQ on LinkedIn]( [Connect with InfoQ on Youtube]( You have received this message because you are subscribed to the “Special Reports Newsletter”. 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