Video and slides synchronized, mp3 and slide download available at http://bit.ly/17kpKtZ. Glen Ford shares from his technical experience in industry, and particularly from his learning at zeebox, Unibet and BBC R&D over the last few years - focusing on practical application. Filmed at qconlondon.com. Glen is the Chief Architect of zeebox, a UK based startup aiming to bring the best of web and TV together. With nearly 20 years of experience he has worked in various industries including Defence, Telecommunications, Gaming and Media. Most recently at Unibet and BBC R&D he has a passion for problem solving, delivering under pressure and building great teams. Twitter: @glen_ford

1. People
over
Process
Applying
it
in
real
world
so1ware
development?
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4. Some
brief
context…
Who
am
I?
@glen_ford

5. Some
more
context…
So
why
this
talk?

6. “Individuals
and
Interac9ons
over
Processes
and
Tools”
So
how
do
we
apply
this?

7. Star9ng
with
me…
Story
#
1

8. A
long
9me
ago,
in
a
country
far
away…

9. Seriously
intense

10. I
was
smug,
arrogant
Start
Process
Decision
A B

11. Interrup9on

12. you’re
an
arsehole.
You
are
good
at
what
you
do
but…

13. Ouch.
I
was
forced
to
look
in
a
mirror
and
what
I
saw
was
ugly.

14. All
change?

15. Constantly
seek
feedback.
Apply
this
feedback
to
yourself.

16. It’s
just
how
we
do
it…
Story
#
2

17. Good
company
Smart
people

18. SCRUM
RITUALISTIC

19. A
retrospec9ve…
Issue
#
1
–
improve
our
es=ma=on!

20. Planning…
EsFmaFng.
A
long
meeFng.
Really
long.
I
mean
Hours.

21. Rinse
and
Repeat

22. Whoa!
Stop!!
How
about
not
esFmaFng?

23. Yikes,
too
radical,
ok.
Instead,
let’s
Fmebox
esFmaFon.
You
have
an
hour,
if
you
can’t
esFmate
it
in
that
Fme,
it’s
not
in
the
sprint.

24. Quality
interac9ons
EsFmaFons
became
discussions.

25. Making
changes.
Tricking
the
gyroscope.

26. Constantly
look
for
feedback
on
changes.

27. The
mythical
10x
Team?
Story
#
3

28. Small
team.
Strong
team.
By
rights
everyone
in
the
team
should
be
a
team
lead.

29. Sounds
great.
Maybe.

30. A
lot
of
years
of
experience,
means
a
lot
of
“iner9a”

31. The
situa9on

32. Analysis
paralysis?
Everyone
can
argue
mulFple
points
of
view
effecFvely.

33. How
to
lead
such
a
team?

34. Vision?
You
need
a
why.
With
why,
you
can
guide
how.

35. Applying
it
Turning
it
around.

36. Be
it
code,
architecture
or
process
There
needs
to
be
a
why.

37. Seek
to
understand
the
why.

38. Process
is
not
the
rule
of
law.

39. Rather
it
is
a
set
of
concepts

40. in
which
to
frame
the
interac9on
between
individuals

41. in
order
to
facilitate
the
efficient
genera9on
of
value.

42. The
advantage
of
quality
interac9ons
is
you
decrease
the
reliance
on
process.
Encourage
quality
interacFons.

43. Any
change
starts
with
you.
People

44. Any
change
feeds
back
into
the
system
InteracFons

45. People
need
to
understand
why
more
than
how.
People
over
Process

46. Thank
you
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