Codurance Fireside Chats: Recent Episodes
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Unscripted conversations around the business of software development. Global software consultancy, Codurance, Co-Founders, Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta share their everyday informal conversations, filter-free, without edits, about a range of different topics, often after work, with a drink in hand.
The fireside chats don’t necessarily represent how Codurance currently behaves as a company, but they help rethink ideas and use some of the insights to adjust the ways of working in this thriving industry.
Sandro Mancuso and Adam Tornhill debunk the myth that there's an inevitable trade-off between speed and quality. Instead, they demonstrate how the modern software organisation can achieve both, fostering long-term productivity gains and an enhanced developer experience. Along the way, they discuss the essential tools for measuring and improving code quality, so that you get actionable insights for optimising your development process for both speed and quality.
Join Sandro, Mash and José as they reflect on Codurance's 10 year anniversary and discuss how the business and community has evolved, lessons learned and what they are excited about for the future.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.
Watch Fireside chat episode 62: https://www.youtube.com/live/o9xvTqQeRsg?si=eSHMRb7Md-j3nri0 For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join Codurance MDs José, Mash and Sandro as they discuss the pros and cons of learning via bootcamps and academies in order to aid your career.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.
Watch Fireside chat episode 61: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZckjTQCaYM
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join Codurance MDs José, Mash and Sandro for our latest Fireside Chat on what they're learning, and how they and our community is learning too.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.
Watch Fireside chat episode 60: https://youtube.com/live/ZK3EBaDmuu4
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss non-tech skills needed and beneficial in a tech career
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.
Watch Fireside chat episode 59: https://www.youtube.com/live/VvXWsl-juw8?feature=share
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss navigating confidence in a tech career - from Dunning-Kruger effect to imposter syndrome - and how to find a better balance.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.Watch Fireside chat episode 58: https://www.youtube.com/live/7zZ9iyAa8FU?feature=shareFor more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss all things Agile, software craftsmanship and software development.This episode they will discuss the topic, "Future-proofing your career" and how to establish meaningful networks.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.Watch Fireside chat episode 57: https://youtube.com/live/UYr9LNZ4QZoFor more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss all things Agile, software craftsmanship and software development.This episode they will discuss the topic, "Tech layoffs: what's the resolution?"
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.Watch Fireside chat episode 56: https://youtube.com/live/lBAOWL5UHhUFor more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss all things Agile, software craftsmanship and software development.This episode they will discuss the topic, "Challenges of team agreements"
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.Watch Fireside chat episode 55: https://youtube.com/live/7dnllD_WqRIFor more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss all things Agile, software craftsmanship and software development.This episode they will discuss the topic, "Software engineering and craftsmanship - what's the fuss?"
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.Watch Fireside chat episode 54: https://youtube.com/live/MJ41CzigPFkFor more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
This week Codurance MDs José Huerta and Mash Badar are joined by COO Steve Lydford to talk about all things software delivery.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue. Watch Fireside chat episode 53: https://youtu.be/Ap1Mr_lvVEgFor more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss all things Agile, software craftsmanship and software development. This episode they will discuss the topic, "How will ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot change software development?"
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue. Watch Fireside chat episode 52: https://youtube.com/live/WVNPdrFWXXgFor more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss all things Agile, software craftsmanship and software development. This episode they will discuss the topic, "how to create a successful feedback culture."
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue. Watch Fireside chat episode 51: https://youthttps://youtu.be/rsg67G0z49YFor more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss all things Agile, software craftsmanship and software development. This episode they will discuss the question, "should you hire job hoppers?"
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue. Watch Fireside chat episode 50: https://youtu.be/3oMhHYzE1_Q For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss all things Agile, software craftsmanship and software development.
This episode they will discuss the question, "why is our software so complex?"
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.
Watch Fireside chat episode 49: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Iq_qsvOdJM
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Join us as Codurance MDs José Enrique Rodriguez Huerta (Spain), Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso (UK and global) discuss all things Agile, software craftsmanship and software development.
This episode will cover the cult of the hero programmer.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.
Watch Fireside chat episode 48: https://youtu.be/_X557d0nbAg
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
Many development teams struggle with the balance between business and technical stories. They often struggle to describe the business value of technical tasks and user centric features tend to be prioritised.
In this episode, Codurance MDs José, Mash and Sandro will discuss how to resolve this pseudo-dichotomy.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.
Watch Fireside chat episode 47: https://youtu.be/nFxKXIdxJB0
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
In this episode, our hosts are Codurance MDs Jose Huerta, Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso discuss the role of Project Managers.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue.
Watch Fireside chat episode 46: https://youtu.be/Oi30QrnAYao
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
In this episode, our hosts are Codurance MDs Jose Huerta, Mashooq Badar and Sandro Mancuso discuss the role of QA. * What is QA? * Do we need testers? * Who should do QA? * Who should create the automated tests? Do we need testers? * What's the overlap between testers and developers, if any?
These are just some of the questions discussed.
The Fireside Chats is a series of informal conversations between the hosts, often with topics decided just before recording in order to bring spontaneous and dynamic dialogue. Watch Fireside chat episode 45 here: https://youtu.be/lhjEuQFmqzY For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 44 in video here: Episode 44
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 43 in video here: Episode 43
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside Chat 42 in video here: Episode 42
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 41 in video here: https://youtu.be/f-N6J4-xDfA
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode of the Fireside Chats the hosts discuss Agile ceremonies, where they come from and if as an industry we should get rid of them, and what would we use instead?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 40 in video here: https://youtu.be/PN7wct8lh3c
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this Fireside Chat we discuss do we need so many roles in a software project? How many roles do we need? Does it vary from project to project? Can a team exist without any roles? Are overlaps a good thing? and if so how do you create them? What are the benefits and pitfalls of appointing roles?
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/
In part 2 we continue the conversation about some of the most common problems found in legacy systems and how to deal with them.
Feel free to leave a comment if there's a particular legacy systems topic you would like us to expand on. For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this fireside chat, we discuss some of the most common problems found in legacy systems and how to deal with them. We start our conversation by discussing the perception of complexity and the famous big ball of mud. We also touch upon the fear of changing code, how to isolate changes, the challenges of work parallelization, and testing strategies. This is a big topic and there is a lot to be discussed yet. We are considering doing a mini-series on this topic. Let us know if you would like us to talk more about legacy systems and which particular area you would like us to expand on. For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this Fireside chat, we discuss how do you start projects well? Discussing questions such as should we do any planning to start a project? and if yes, how much? What do we need to plan, the scope? the team and skills? expectations? risks? We also ask the question is the start of the project just about the plan? What do we need to get right and how do we manage expectations? This episode was live.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 36 in video here: https://youtu.be/6WTNVwejQcE
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this Fireside chat, we discuss the entitled programmer. Focusing on questions such as is there an issue in the industry with entitlement, diva behaviour or elitism? When is entitlement, not entitlement? Is there a context that is not something we can dismiss? Is it only this industry or something that impacts every industry? As well as understanding where we think it comes from, what impact it has and what can be done about it.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 31 in video here: https://youtu.be/4TNVjRP3xVg
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this live streamed Fireside chat, we discuss how bad (or not) design upfront is. What are the problems with design upfront? What are the problems without design upfront? How about product strategy vs technical strategy? How much do you need to plan upfront and for what reasons? As well as understanding if developers are good at design and have the interest to do it? If not, how do they react when it is done by someone else? These are just some of the topics covered in this live episode.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 31 in video here: https://youtu.be/GTSmw__4g_o
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this fireside chat, we discuss what it means to be a professional. What are the behaviours that make you feel someone is a good professional? What are the behaviours you consider not to be professional? What are the key attributes for a MVP? When looking for someone to give responsibilities to, what do you look for? Those are just some of the topics covered in this live episode.
In this fireside chat, we discussed the importance and challenges of creating an internal academy for software professionals. What problems we are trying to solve? What are the real challenges like time, money, and balancing time spent in learning and actually doing the work where that knowledge is required? Where do we start from? What learning areas should be prioritised? How to create learning tracks that can scale with the organisation? How to deal with the different needs of the organisation and individual needs? Those are just some of the topics we covered in this episode.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 32 in video here: https://youtu.be/wwhsD34Ab2o
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
It's been two years since we went from 5 days a week in the office to fully remote. What has been our experience adapting to remote work? Do we like it? Is remote working all we thought it would be? What are the challenges and how do we mitigate them? Given our own personal preferences, what are our plans regarding going back to the office?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 31 in video here: https://youtu.be/aGAmOfDrGts
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this fireside chat, we discuss the relevance of Extreme Programming today? Is XP still relevant? Have some of its practices been superseded by more modern methodologies or bodies of knowledge? Why not many companies or even developers talk about XP? Have practices like TDD outgrown XP? Is there a chance for XP to ever be widely adopted in full? Or it will be reduced down to a handful of practices? What would it take to make XP widely adopted today? This was another extremely insightful conversation enriched by a lot of historical information.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 30 in video here: https://youtu.be/n1crdlzxnYc
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
What do we need code reviews for? What should be discussed during a code review? Does pair programming eliminate the need for code reviews? What are the emotional impacts that code reviews can have on the team? How can we make code reviews useful and enjoyable? Those are just some of the topics we covered in another though-providing fireside chat.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 29 in video here: https://youtu.be/Q0oKYyBIKVE
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
Who should be driving change and the motivation behind it? In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain's Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta ask and answer questions such as when do we know we need change and what are the main challenges that accompany it? Who's role is it to drive change? And what is the role of leaders within this?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 28 in video here: https://youtu.be/QiUeHeWSwmU
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
What is the role of a team lead? Are they needed in an Agile environment? Are they at odds with self-organising teams? What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a team lead? Can we nurture team leads? Is this a natural progression for developers? Those are just some of the topics we covered in another great Fireside Chat.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 27 in video here: https://youtu.be/E0BfdWm5Wl4
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In episode 26, the discussion is on how to deal with pressure. All three hosts have felt pressured at work at some point but, what are all the different types of pressure? What can we do about them? Are there any coping mechanisms? Given the same context, does everyone experience pressure in the same way? If not, why not? Another great fireside chat.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 26 in video here: https://bit.ly/34m8210
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
The first episode of 2022 is on motivation. Whose responsibility is it to motivate you? How is your motivation is impacted by the environment and how can you impact the environment? What about extrinsic and intrinsic motivations? How our job history is perceived by future employers and what does it say about us as professionals? Those are some of the topics addressed in this episode of Codurance Fireside Chats.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 25 in video here: https://bit.ly/3GMklCd
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain's Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta went deeper into the discussion on estimation, addressing some of the comments we received on YouTube and Twitter.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 24 in video here: https://bit.ly/3yVbyKZ
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain's Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss if teams should or should not estimate and the challenges of doing it. What do we need estimates for? At what level? How do we deal with uncertainties? Are there alternatives? This is another very thought-provoking fireside chat.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 23 in video here: https://bit.ly/33Txjj0
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain's Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how coupling and cohesion can affect not only software design but also organisation design. What are coupling and cohesion? How do they affect each other? How those essential software principles can be applied at the organisation level?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 22 in video here: https://bit.ly/32xykww
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain's Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss the importance of values for a software team. But are they enough? Do teams really care about it? Do we need other low-level agreements? How do they map to values?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 21 in video here: https://bit.ly/3pjR37E
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain's Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how effective we really are. What is effectiveness? How does it relate to efficiency, leadership, teamwork and expectation management? Is there a way to measure individual and team effectiveness? What are the techniques we use? Those are just a few of the topics discussed in another very insightful discussion.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 20 in video here: https://bit.ly/3mul8zn
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, the Codurance co-founder Sandro Mancuso, Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta and Special Guest for this episode, the Regional Director for UK South, Steve Lydford discuss their journey from expert engineers to "terrible" managers. This is a common phenomenon experienced by many software engineers as they evolve in their careers. What are the challenges in this transition? Is this a natural evolution? What is the skill mismatch? How to cope with stress and pressure? Those are just a few topics covered in this very insightful episode.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 19 in video here: https://bit.ly/3FqUsar
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, our co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss why do we learn what we learn. How does our learning shape who we are? Why do we choose to learn certain things and not others? How do our learning interests and subjects change over time?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 18 in video here: https://bit.ly/32qL206
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how to grow development teams in the current market conditions and the implication it has on the "quality bar" used during the interview process. There is a shortage of software professionals and remote work made completion for talent to be global. Companies need to grow but not always find the most suitable talent for their needs. What should they do? Lower the bar? But what is this bar? What else can they do? Growing people seems an answer but it is slow and quite expensive. This is a fascinating fireside chat that will be helpful to many different companies that are struggling to grow.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 17 in video here: https://bit.ly/3EiBWQd
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how different types of architectures impact different aspects of the organisation. They covered the relationship between architecture and collaboration models, technical ownership, compliance to regulations and certifications, team organisation by skills or business goals, and much more.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 16 in video here: https://bit.ly/32uW5VQ
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how people, teams and business should be aligned. Should we keep teams immutable but give them different missions over time? Should we keep them aligned to a business domain? Or should we create and recreate teams to satisfy evolving business needs? Another very insightful conversation and loads of food for thought.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 15 in video here: https://bit.ly/33Nkjv3
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how we can convince our teams to adopt technical practices. This is a question we get all the time. Convincing people to work in a different way is very challenging but can also be very rewarding. Why do we often fail to do that? What can we do to improve the chances of introducing new technical practices? This was another very insightful conversation.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 14 in video here: https://bit.ly/3svoeqP
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss what makes someone a senior software developer. What are the expected behaviours and skills? What is the impact a senior software developer should have?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 13 in video here: https://bit.ly/3JgDPAD
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss the advantages and disadvantages of evolution or revolution in software development. They also explore different scenarios and contexts where one approach might be better than the other.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 12 in video here: https://bit.ly/32uTgnI
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how important consultancy skills are in software development. What are consultancy skills? How relevant they are to our work? Are they limited to people working for consultancies? How do we acquired and master those skills?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 11 in video here: https://bit.ly/3qodzLJ
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how to deal with difficult conversations. There are multiple aspects that can make a conversation more or less difficult. Difficult conversations cannot always be avoided and there are many different skills involved in making them less difficult. In this episode, the conversation becomes a bit more difficult in the second half—pun intended—as they express different views on responsibilities and the attitude towards difficult conversations.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 10 in video here: https://bit.ly/32tYxMu
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso, Mashooq Badar, and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how to manage technical debt. What is technical debt? How does it get created? What skills are involved in identifying and remediate technical debt? Is technical debt a bad thing? Should we strive for perfection—no technical debt? What practices help to reduce or increase technical debt? What are all the different ways technical debt can be managed?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 9 in video here: https://bit.ly/3yVlxjF
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss how we can measure quality in software projects. How can we define quality? Quality to whom? What are the different perspectives and levels of quality? How do they relate to each other? What is the impact of metrics on behaviours? Are they always positive? Are there trade-offs when discussing quality?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 8 in video here: https://bit.ly/3pkTVkI
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss if we should specialise or should not specialise. How about cross-functional teams vs cross-functional people? What is generalising specialists? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a generalist or a specialist? What are the expectations we have from developers? Are they realistic? Are they even healthy? Is generalisation good for a developer's career? What about other roles—BAs, POs, PMs, UX, QAs, etc?
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 7 in video here: https://bit.ly/3egl02d
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss if it is possible to bring Agile and Developers back together. What was Agile originally about? Why developers got disheartened with the Agile evolution? What went wrong? What role Software Craftsmanship played in the evolution of Agile and how developers feel today? How Lean and DevOps fit into the mix? And most importantly, is our industry better today than it was before? How does the future look like? Those are just some of the topics discussed in this episode.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 3 in video here: https://bit.ly/3eoGlWY
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In this episode, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta discuss the need for architects? Do we need them? How do we define architecture? What are the different types of architects? Can architectural decisions be done democratically or should they be centralised? Is there a hybrid approach? What are the different levels of architectural decisions and their respective impacts? Do developers have the skills to make different types of architectural decisions? What about context? Small organisation vs large organisation? Those are just some of the topics discussed in this episode.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 5 in video here: https://bit.ly/3emaDtM
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In the fourth Fireside Chat, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta talk about the culture of learning and how they perceive it and see it in different organisations. What is Culture of Learning? How individuals or companies can create a culture of learning? What are the benefits for individuals and companies? Should companies support any kind of learning? Should individuals limit their learning to the company needs? What about personal responsibility and career ownership? What are the impediments to a culture of learning? Those are just some ideas discussed during this episode.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 4 in video here: https://bit.ly/3HbaIwr
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
Why is it so difficult to delegate? What are the different types and drivers for delegation? What can we do so that other people feel more comfortable delegating things to us? Do we have the right skills? What kind of trust needs to exist so delegation can happen? Those are just a few topics covered in episode 3 of the Codurance Fireside chat featuring Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 3 in video here: https://bit.ly/3eoGlWY
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
Not all of us like retrospectives. Episode 2 of the Fireside Chats discusses what we like and dislike about retrospectives, when (or if?) we should have them, and ideas to make them useful.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 2 in video here: https://bit.ly/3eoGlWY
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.
In the first Fireside Chat, Codurance co-founders Sandro Mancuso and Mashooq Badar and Spain Managing Director José E. Rodríguez Huerta talk about career progression in the software industry. This episode discusses the different drivers and how they shape different careers.
The idea of the Fireside chat series is to record informal conversations between the three regular hosts. Topics are normally decided just before we start recording. Our objective is to have spontaneous conversations instead of something more structured or scripted.
Watch the Fireside chat 1 in video here: https://bit.ly/32m7jfF
For more information about Codurance, please visit our website: https://codurance.com/.