Software delivery as a system engineering problem [WIP]

Why #

Abstract problem statements into concrete units of functionality

When #

Early-stage team - no, it’s an individual commitment problem Company is past the existential crisis, and product has achieved PMF - yes Unreliable timelines - yes Systemic failure, rather than individual failures - yes

How #

Metrics #

Metrics around execution (DORA metrics) Reinforcing feedback loops

Background tasks #

Processes as scheduled jobs with minimum cognitive resource utilisation

Refinement #

Estimation

Planning #

Priorities

Standup #

Review

Retrospective #

Review missed estimates as feedback to train the team’s estimation model over time

Monitoring #

Monitoring for the execution metrics

• for steady increase in velocity
• for steady decrease in defect rate
• to identify process defects