Episode 147: Minimum Viable Airlines

Items necessary for "Minimum Viable Airlines" and your "Minimum Viable Project". These are the items that we agreed we would need before embarking on a project together. Do you have all of these before you begin a project?

Destination - Project Vision

Altitude - Depth of backlog

Location - Progress (working software)

Airspeed - Speed of delivery and speed constraints

Fuel - Stories

Captain or pilot - A leader

Black box - Project data or metrics

Landing gear - A clear and well worn path to prod

Good flight procedures - Working agreements

FAA flight time restrictions for pilots - Sustainable pace

Logbook - Source control

Emergency slide - Good enough or a safe way to end a project on short notice

Picks

Jason

Podcasting Innovation - it’s amazing how much has changed in the last 7+ years, thanks to all the people & companies that have created

Goats to Go - www.goatsonthego.com - you can poop out the back of the airplane

The Red Rubber Ball at Work - by Kevin Carroll - a fun book on practical strategies and why you should inject more fun into the workplace - http://kevincarrollkatalyst.com/books

TV shows you can watch that Jason likes:

Why Planes Crash

Airline Repo

John

Uncle Bob, professionalism in software development and the future of programming, https://youtu.be/LmRl0D-RkPU

Craig

Waverunners

Vacation from your vacation

China Airlines Flight 006, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_006

Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_and_incidents