Cross Cutting Concerns Podcast

Podcast 082 - Doc Norton on Experimentation


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Doc Norton talks about the experimentation mindset. This episode is sponsored by Smartsheet.

Show Notes:

  • Slides from Doc’s presentation on the experimentation mindset

  • XP = eXtreme Programming

  • Other methodologies that fall into the "agile" category: Scrum, Lean

  • Kent Beck, Ron Jeffries, and Ward Cunningham were all mentioned. They are all signers of the Agile Manifesto.

  • Chris Argyris was mentioned in regards to single-loop and double-loop learning

  • Book: Escape Velocity by Doc Norton - it has increased in price since the recording. It will now set you back at least 5 entire dollars.

    Supplemental links from Doc:

    • CTO2

    • DocOnDev

    • Collaboration Contracts

    • Refactoring

    • Code Smells

    • Video: Experimentation Mindset

    • Mob Programming

    • Learning through experimentation

    • PDF: How Organizations Learn

    • From Harvard Business Review:

      • Collective Genius

      • Argyris: Teaching Smart People how to Learn (and PDF version)

      • A/B Testing and the Experimentation Culture

      • Enlightened Experimentation

      • Smart Business Experiments

      • Evidence Based Management

      • link:http://www.edbatista.com/2008/05/double-loop.html[Ed Batista blog post on double-loop learning

      • Lean Change

      • Book: Scaling Up Excellence

      • Experiential Learning

        Doc Norton is on Twitter.

        Want to be on the next episode? You can! All you need is the willingness to talk about something technical.

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