Without further ado, here is the collection for calendar week 14, 2011:
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Lean Software Management BBC Worldwide Case Study is out! It contains evidence which *shows that over the 12-month period, lead time to deliver software improved by 37%, consistency of delivery rose by 47%, and defects reported by customers fell 24% ***(quote from the source website) **by using Lean ideas. Impressive!
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Prioritization is quite hard, but Jeff Anderson wrote a very useful article about how to use cost of delay (COD) functions to prioritize product delivery. I really liked the different COD profiles along with their proper definition.
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There were two major changes this week. First Guardian switched from Java to Scala, and afterwards Twitter moved from Ruby on Rails to a Java based solution. While Guardian aimed for a shorter release cycle, Twitter wanted to improve its search performance.
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Simon Sinek made an insightful TED talk about a model for inspirational leadership. If you are a team leader or you are working with people, you must watch his talk.
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