Mike Cohn talks with Dave Rael about solving problems, programming and management, writing, orchestration, and economics
Mike Cohn is the author of User Stories Applied for Agile Software Development, Agile Estimating and Planning, and Succeeding with Agile. Mike is a co-founder of the Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance. Through his company, Mountain Goat Software, Mike Cohn specializes in helping companies adopt and improve their use of agile processes and techniques to build extremely high-performance teams. Mike is also the author of the popular and well-regarded course, www.BetterUserStories.com.
Chapters:
- - Dave introduces the show and Mike Cohn
- - Solving problems by orchestration rather than contributing a part
- - Developers as managers and getting better at management
- - Mike, the author
- - Being rewarded for helpfulness
- - The reasons for the name of Mountain Goat Software
- - The content Mike is creating
- - How Mike got started in software
- - The utility of Mike's economics background
- - Quality and the Test Pyramid
- - Mike's story of failure - project failure due to falling short on inspiring application of effort in the right roles
- - Mikes success story - an incredible growth experience and applying agile techniques with excellent results
- - Mike's book recommendation
- - The things that have Mike most excited
- - Mike's causes of pain and suffering
- - Mike's top 3 tips for delivering more value
- - Keeping up with Mike
Resources:
- Mountain Goat Software
- Mike's Better User Stories Course
- Amazon's Mike Cohn Page
- Ted Neward on Developer On Fire
- John 13:1-17 - Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet
- Servant Leadership - Greenleaf
- User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development - Mike Cohn
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software - Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides
- Tom Petty
- Principles Of Software Engineering Management - Tom Gilb
- Tom Gilb on Developer On Fire
- The Test Pyramid
- Josh Doody on Developer On Fire
Mike's book recommendation:
Mike's top 3 tips for delivering more value:
- Ask questions
- Think not about what to build, but what to build next
- Stop when you're on a roll