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Adam Hawkins presents the theory and practices behind software delivery excellence. Topics include DevOps, lean, software architecture, continuous delivery, and interviews with industry leaders.

Software Delivery in Small Batches Adam Hawkins

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Adam Hawkins presents the theory and practices behind software delivery excellence. Topics include DevOps, lean, software architecture, continuous delivery, and interviews with industry leaders.

    Playing to Win

    Playing to Win

    Adam discusses strategy in preparation for the next episode.
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    🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Playing to Win"🧭 Get the Small Batches Way guide to software delivery excellence 🥋 Software Kaizen: My One-on-One System for Engineering Leadership📘 Playing to Win by Lafely & MartinChapters
    (00:00) - Playing to Win
    (00:46) - Flight Levels
    (01:53) - What is strategy?
    (03:45) - Strategy for SRE at Skillshare
    (05:16) - Outro


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    • 5 min
    On the Gemba

    On the Gemba

    Adam discusses three (new-ish) ideas from time on a new gemba. 
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    🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Modern Software Engineering"🧭 Get the Small Batches Way guide to software delivery excellence 🥋 Software Kaizen: My One-on-One System for Engineering Leadership📘 Flight Levels by Klaus LeopoldChapters
    (00:00) - On the Gemba
    (00:22) - What's new
    (00:44) - Sequencing over Prioritization
    (03:44) - Flight Levels
    (05:11) - Thought Experiment
    (06:50) - Outro


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    • 7 min
    Hexagonal Architecture

    Hexagonal Architecture

    Adam describes using Hexagonal Architecture, also known as Ports and Adapters, for software delivery excellence.
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    🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Modern Software Engineering"🧭 Get the Small Batches Way guide to software delivery excellence 🥋 Software Kaizen: My One-on-One System for Engineering Leadership📘 Hexagonal Architecture by Alistair Cockburn☕️ Small Batches #17 with Dave FarleyChapters
    (00:00) - Hexagonal Architecture
    (00:23) - Reflections on Ruby and Rails
    (01:41) - What is Hexagonal Architecture?
    (02:45) - The Repository Pattern
    (04:32) - Dependency Injection
    (06:43) - Thinking in Pipelines
    (08:03) - Development Environments
    (09:09) - Outro


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    • 10 min
    Flow Engineering with Steve Pereira & Andrew Davis

    Flow Engineering with Steve Pereira & Andrew Davis

    Adam welcomes Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis to discuss their new book, Flow Engineering. They discuss the book's origin story and the use of cybernetics to drive effective action.
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    🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Modern Software Engineering"🧭 Get the Small Batches Way guide to software delivery excellence 📘 Buy Flow Engineering: from value stream mapping to effective action🧠 Join the Flow Collective🥋 Software Kaizen: My One-on-One System for Engineering LeadershipChapters
    (00:00) - Flow Engineering
    (00:23) - Intro
    (00:59) - Free June Giveaway
    (01:38) - Andrew's Intro
    (02:38) - Steve's Intro
    (03:46) - Book's Origin Story
    (06:49) - Adam's Thoughts on the Book
    (13:03) - The Five Maps
    (19:16) - Value, Clarity Flow
    (23:46) - What is Essential?
    (27:12) - Cybernetics & Effective Action
    (39:51) - The Principles & Visual Management
    (53:21) - Wrap up
    (56:53) - Outro


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    • 57 min
    T1 and T2 Signals

    T1 and T2 Signals

    Adam presents the mental model behind T1 and T2 signals, a necessary lexicon for understanding production operations.
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    🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Flow Engineering"🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence☕️ Small Batches #103 - Understanding Production Operations (The MMIVM episode)☕️ Small Batches #90 - As Measured By☕️ Small Batches #88 - Golden Signals☕️ Small Batches #26 - SLOs with Alex Hidalgo (Google SRE and author of the SLO book)🥋 Software Kaizen: My One-on-One System for Engineering LeadershipChapters
    (00:00) - T1 & T2 Signals
    (00:23) - Can you answer this question?
    (01:27) - Flow Engineering Giveaway
    (02:30) - Tier 1 & Tier 1 Signals
    (03:49) - Example: Datadog Spending
    (06:13) - Example: a Web Service
    (08:23) - Example: Video Transcription
    (09:26) - PROTIP One
    (09:57) - PROTIP Two
    (10:27) - PROTIP Three
    (11:07) - PROTIP Four
    (11:43) - PROTIP Five
    (12:38) - PROTIP 6
    (13:22) - PROTIP Seven
    (14:24) - Study Guide Announcement
    (15:07) - Announcing more Paid Perks
    (17:25) - Outro


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    • 17 min
    Rules of Flow

    Rules of Flow

    Adam answers a listener's request of advice on succeeding in high-level company or project environments with seven tips.
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    🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction.🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Flow Engineering"🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence📘 Buy "Goldratt's Rules of Flow"📘 Buy "Playing to Win" (my favorite book on strategy)☕️ Small Batches #99: Wiring the Winning Organization☕️ Small Batches #82: Leadership is LanguageChapters
    (00:00) - Rules of Flow
    (00:23) - Listener Request
    (00:48) - May Giveaway: Flow Engineering
    (01:30) - Rules of Flow
    (04:15) - Goldratt's Rule of Flow
    (04:52) - Tip One: Control WIP
    (05:16) - Tip Two: Full-Kits
    (06:02) - Tip Three: Set a Cadence
    (06:51) - Tip Four: Right-Size
    (07:42) - Tip Five: Buffers
    (08:39) - Tip Six: Visual Management
    (10:11) - Tip Seven: Language
    (10:49) - Bonus Tip: Information Diet
    (11:12) - Outro


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    • 11 min

Customer Reviews

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8 Ratings

8 Ratings

oded hijah ,

Small batches of awesome

I learned a lot of concepts that could use at work in the very first episode. The host is great! Highly recommended

Madeleine326 ,

Great podcast

Learn a ton each listen

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