2023 WK37
McKinsey, Part 1, Part 2, Shopify, Product Discovery, Growth Teams, C4 Model
McKinsey says they can measure developer productivity. Kent Beck says they can’t.
McKinsey’s article says the time is high for developers to stop presenting their jobs as so creative and abstract that their output cannot be measured. (4 min read)
Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey
How Kent Beck and Gergely Orosz think about measurement. (15 min read)
Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey, Part 2
Part 2 of the response. This article diverges into two voices at the end of it. Here’s what Gergely Orosz thinks. (8 min read)
Shopify's 'Cost Calculator' Exposes the Price of (Probably Pointless) Meetings: 'Time Is Money'
The calculator estimates the cost of meetings based on factors such as average compensation, meeting length, and attendee count. (2 min read)
Who Owns Product Discovery?
Product discovery is a shared responsibility of product management, design and engineering. Sounds awesome, right? But when’s the last time you actually saw this happen at your job? (2 min read)
Growth Teams: To Centralize or Decentralize?
Read about Adam Fishman evaluating the pros and cons of each approach and a framework for decision-making—with examples from Lyft, Patreon and Imperfect Foods (5 min read)
The C4 model for visualising software architecture
A great visual language to discuss software architecture. (10 min read)