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Reset Your Thinking PodcastBook: How to Finish Everything you StartThis briefing document summarizes the key themes and actionable advice presented in the excerpts from Dr. Jan Yager's book, "How to Finish Everything You Start." The book addresses the widespread "epidemic of unfinished everything" and delves into the underlying causes, offering practical strategies and tools to improve follow-through and achieve completion in both personal and professional endeavors. The excerpts highlight the importance of understanding the reasons for not finishing, implementing effective goal-setting and prioritization techniques, managing procrastination, leveraging deadlines, learning to say "no," and delegating tasks appropriately.
Main Themes and Important Ideas:
1. The Epidemic of...
2025-04-0721 min
The Art Bell ArchiveAugust 26, 1998: The Y2K Problem - Edward YourdonEdward Yourdon discusses the looming Year 2000 (Y2K) computer crisis, analyzing the risks posed by outdated software systems and potential failures in critical infrastructure. He explores possible economic, technological, and societal disruptions, offering insights on preparedness strategies for individuals and businesses.
2024-04-082h 31
Quality BletherS02 EP01 - Andrew BrownAndrew Brown has a First in Physics & Maths, a PhD in Semiconductors, and an MBA, but he's better known for presenting on Psychology in the IT industry, especially in Testing, Technical Debt, and Systems Modelling of projects. We had problems with Andrew's internet connection, so the audio drops out a couple of times. Thank you for bearing with us.Andrew's Website & YouTube channelhttps://behaviouralsoftwareclub.com/https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYRn0sModVcd1Y6SkbHMtKwVideosInattentional BlindnessMonkey Business IllusionBooks
2024-02-1446 min
Better Software Design56. O fuckupach w projektach IT z Jarkiem Pałką i Wojtkiem PtakiemMylić się to rzecz ludzka, propagować automatycznie te błędy to DevOps... Tym razem na tapet bierzemy historie o tym, jak to produkcja płonęła i jakie wnioski zostały z tego wyciągnięte.Dziś moimi gośćmi w podkaście są Jarek Pałka i Wojtek Ptak, a w takim gronie nie wypada zamiatać spraw pod dywan. A że warto uczyć się na błędach, a najlepiej tych popełnianych przez innych, wyciągniemy parę naszych błędów z przeszłości. Oprócz tragikomicznych aspektów niektórych z przytoczonych tu sytuacji, będzie to bardzo dobry wstęp do zna...
2023-04-042h 42
Oxide and FriendsAgile + 20Oxide and Friends Twitter Space: July 26, 2021Agile + 20We’ve been holding a Twitter Space weekly on Mondays at 5p for about an hour. Even though it’s not (yet?) a feature of Twitter Spaces, we have been recording them all; here is the recording for our Twitter Space for July 26, 2021.In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, speakers on July 26 included Tom Lyon, Tom Killalea, Dan Cross, Aaron Goldman, and others. (Did we miss your name and/or get it wrong? Drop a PR!)Some of the topics we h...
2021-07-271h 11
A conversation with Agility by NatureA conversation with Mike Robinson and Agility by Nature (Ian Gill)Agile insights for product owners, teams and Executives.....Mike Robinson has been part of the Agile community since the very early days, and has the scars and stories to prove it! In this conversation he talks about his first experiences with prototyping and “maintaining a system into existence”. Mike’s origin story tells how a highly self-organised group - collaborating deeply, forecasting usefully, building continuously - unraveled entirely once the customer was ‘in the room’.Our conversation moves on to talk about how industry data can set expectations around productivity, and what it takes to get int...
2020-12-1146 min
The Agile Coffee Podcast16. Do Agile Methods work with ERP Projects?Vic is joined by returning guest Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale) and newcomer Alberto Hernandez for a fresh brew of Agile topics:
"Death March" Scrum and Kanban - Dale bases this question on Edward Yourdon's "Death March"
How can ERP implementations be sped up using Agile methodologies? - Alberto has much experience with ERP rollouts but wants to know how they can improve
Internal Hackathons - Vic talks about running a four-day coding event inside his company
Announcing Agile Coach Camp US West. For the first time on the US west coast (and only the sixth time in the USA), Agile Coach Ca...
2014-11-2334 minThe Agile Coffee Podcast16. Do Agile Methods work with ERP Projects?Vic is joined by returning guest Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale) and newcomer Alberto Hernandez for a fresh brew of Agile topics:
"Death March" Scrum and Kanban - Dale bases this question on Edward Yourdon's "Death March"
How can ERP implementations be sped up using Agile methodologies? - Alberto has much experience with ERP rollouts but wants to know how they can improve
Internal Hackathons - Vic talks about running a four-day coding event inside his company
Announcing Agile Coach Camp US West. For the first time on the US west coast (and only the sixth time in the USA), Agile Coach Ca...
2014-11-2334 min
the Agile Coffee podcastThe Agile Coffee Podcast - episode 16Vic is joined by Dale Ellis (@theDigitalDale) and Alberto Hernandez for a fresh brew of Agile topics:
"Death March" Scrum and Kanban - Dale bases this question on Edward Yourdon's "Death March"
How can ERP implementations be sped up using Agile methodologies? - Alberto has much experience with ERP rollouts but wants to know how they can improve
Internal Hackathons - Vic talks about running a four-day coding event inside his company
Also we are happy to announce Agile Coach Camp US West coming to Irvine, California, from April 10-12, 2015. Be sure to visit AgileGathering.com to find out...
2014-11-2334 min
Devnology PodcastDevnology Podcast 003 - Frans Bouma
We spraken met Frans Bouma over de start en ontwikkeling van Solutions Design als ISV en de ontwikkeling van LLBLGen Pro , de O/R Mapper voor .Net. Verder geeft Frans in dit interview zijn mening over verschillende software design praktijken, programmeertalen en -stijlen. Tenslotte hebben we het over software engineering literatuur en opleidingen.
Frans houdt een veelgelezen blog bij op http://weblogs.asp.net/fbouma en op twitter is hij bekend als @fransbouma
Boek - Robert Sedgewick: Algorithms in C
Boek - Steve McConnell : Code Complete
Boek - Eric Evans : Domain Driven Design
Boek...
2009-11-251h 02
Software Process and Measurement CastSPaMCAST 38 - Yourdon, Collaborate or Die, NumberShow 37 is my interview with Ed Yourdon. We discussed Web 2.0 and it's impact on the software development worlds. I have titled the interview, "Collaborate or Die!" A bit over the top you say, well Denis Waitley once said, "on line or in the bread line." The people I was with thought that was a bit over the top. He was right and I would suggest the use of Web 2.0 tools is another watershed. Ed is a one of those rare polymaths in the IT world. His bio from Wikipedia begins Edward Nash Yourdon (born 1944) is a computer consultant, an author...
2008-07-2738 min