How Ron Lichty Manages the Unmanageable: Topics on Software Management, Agile Processes, and Making Software Hum

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Software Consultant Ron Lichty joins us to talk about all things software management. Ron has a treasure trove of experience helping teams accelerate and amplify their software practices. We look at the history of waterfall-style projects transitioning to Agile projects. We talk about his time as a product manager at Apple and his work with Charles Schwab at the time they launched their electronic trading platform. Ron articulates his views on the different types of developers out there and how to motivate them. We finish up with a couple areas Ron is excited about: Blockchain and Virtual Reality.

Topics:

Ron's background
History of waterfall-style projects transitioning to Agile projects
Charles Schwab interactive tools
Talking about Extreme Programming
On Scrum
Software development is a team sport
Differences between this notion of "being agile" versus "doing agile"
Case of estimating
Talking about Brooke's law
On being a good managers
Motivators versus de-motivators
Effective management at different stages of companies
Some interesting technologies and trends that he's optimistic about

Links:

Ron Lichty's website - https://ronlichty.com/
Managing the Unmanageable: The Book - http://managingtheunmanageable.net/
Managing the Unmanageable: Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Managing-Unmanageable-Insights-Software-People-ebook/dp/B009CFV8BY
Waterfall Software Development - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfall_model
Agile Software Development - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development
RUP - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_Unified_Process
Harvard Business Review case study on motivating employees - https://hbr.org/2003/01/one-more-time-how-do-you-motivate-employees
Drive by Daniel H. Pink - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P1JDJO/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

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