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226 RR The Leprechauns of Software Engineering with Laurent Bossavit


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02:03 - Laurent Bossavit

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  • GitHub
  • Institut Agile
  • 03:11 - The Leprechauns of Software Engineering by Laurent Bossavit

    04:52 - The 10x Programmer

    • Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, Second Edition by Steve McConnell
    • 13:07 - The Custom Defects Curve

      15:33 - Leprechauns and Local Truths (Does Needing to Prove Others Wrong = Fear?)

      22:53 - The Feedback Cycles

      25:09 - Agile, Waterfall, and The Software Crisis

      • Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
      • “Bugs in the brain” = Cognitive Biases
      • 32:30 - Estimations, Calibration and Assessments

        • How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard
        • Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? by Philip E. Tetlock
        • Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art by Steve McConnell    
        • 38:16 - Starting Points/Research Skills for Identifying Leprechauns

          • 1. Skepticism
          • 2. Curiousity
          • 3. Tenacity
          • 43:14 - The Value of Leprechauns

            46:46 - “Most of our job is learning.”

            50:44 - The Definition of “Insanity” => Experimentation

            • QWERTY vs Dvorak
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              How to Measure Anything: Finding the Value of Intangibles in Business by Douglas W. Hubbard (Jessica)

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