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Kumaran and Deepak discuss the content from the book "Team Topologies". How communication structures within a teams impact the quality of solutions and software. Can teams really function like a 'microservice' ? What is low, medium and high bandwidth communication? How do we manage the cognitive load? #informationtechnology #enterprise #podcast #podcastepisode #audio #etiunplugged Links: https://teamtopologies.com/ Follow us on:https://etiunplugged.in   https://fb.com/etiunpluggedhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/etiunplugged

Kumaran and Deepak discuss how the MVP concept, which has been around for a while, is being adopted by businesses. The executive leadership/board has a challenge understanding the MVP concept. There is a mindset issue. There is a misconception that a large project broken into small parts is the MVP, in fact it is a 'decomposed waterfall' . MVP is useful when the way forward isn't very well defined and limited exploration will provide the direction. Fear of failure that prevents people from adopting the MVP concept. MVP allows failure with minimum damage. MVP approach can be applied to any area of business.  #informationtechnology #enterprise #podcast #podcastepisode #audio #etiunplugged #mvp 

Kumaran, Deepak and Venkat share how they learn and keep themselves updated. No prizes for guessing youtube is a key source, followed by linkedin where you can follow thought leaders. Facebook is another place where you can follow technical magazines. Subscribing to email distribution lists has its problems of sifting through junk email. Listening to long form podcasts is also a good way to keep yourself updated. Links to sites mentioned in the podcast: Facebook:https://fb.com/VergeYouTube Channels: https://lnkd.in/dZPej3jT - General business https://lnkd.in/dH2d7caC - Finance / investing personalhttps://lnkd.in/dS-QaUar - Power BIhttps://lnkd.in/dU_7Zxk6 = Office 365https://lnkd.in/dHbP3J4h - Power Platformhttps://lnkd.in/dKiEwJpK - CTO stuffhttps://lnkd.in/d6hKaEPs - General geek https://lnkd.in/dybE2KJJ - General productivity Use Google Alerts for topics of your interest Podcasts: This Week in Tech: https://twit.tv/twitWindows Weekly: https://twit.tv/wwThoughtworks Technology Podcast Follow us on:https://etiunplugged.in   https://fb.com/etiunpluggedhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/etiunplugged

Kumaran and Deepak discuss how to do a high visibility application launch. What should the technology teams focus on? Kumaran suggest a 'zoom in' approach to find out what is important. For a large consumer facing application it is important to take care of not signed up users. How to control the feature explosion? The technology team needs to take into account the small things and not get confused by the big picture. 'zoom out' to find opportunities. When you are worried, 'zoom in' and execute.  #informationtechnology #enterprise #podcast #podcastepisode #audio #etiunpluggedFollow us on:https://etiunplugged.in   https://fb.com/etiunpluggedhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/etiunplugged   

Kumaran, Venkat and Deepak discuss the prevalent industry buzzwords and veer towards discussing how engineering mindset can possibly interfere with seeing the whole picture. Being intentional while finding solutions is very important. Kumar shares an example of a hospital and blood bank. Venkat shares his experience of providing solutions to aquaculture farmers. #mindsets #solutions #designthinking #informationtechnology #enterprise #podcast #podcastepisode #audio #etiunplugged Follow us on:https://etiunplugged.in   https://fb.com/etiunpluggedhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/etiunplugged  

Kumaran, Gowtham and Deepak discuss why should or should not use an open source tool. Open source is not free in the enterprise context. Cost of supporting, updating and troubleshooting  the tool needs to be considered. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) implementation need to evaluated with a clear understanding of the benefits vs. cost. Kumaran shares an example calculation for return on investment (ROI). RPA tool can turn from a cost reduction tool to a profit generating tool. When you think of automation think of  three  factors  that you are trying to address 1. Toil  2. Complexity 3. Accuracy. There can be good reasons to go with open source - when you want to really take ownership. There has to be deep technical interest in understanding the code and contributing to it. Log4J has created a question mark on open source - where vulnerabilities are not found even though apparently it is visible to all.   #opensourcesoftware #RPA #rpatools #roboticprocessautomation #informationtechnology #enterprise #podcast #podcastepisode #audio #etiunplugged Follow us on:https://etiunplugged.in   https://fb.com/etiunpluggedhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/etiunplugged