44 min

The One Constant with Don Gray Programming Leadership

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Change is hard, unpredictable, and downright complex. Getting people or systems to change is not easy and certainly not done in a vacuum.  In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Don Gray enlighten listeners regarding the world of software development, the reasons for implementing software changes and why it's not as easy as people may think. And while doing so, the pair attempt to arm their readers with a variety of change literature that will have them thinking of containers, systems and exchanges in a whole new light. 
Show Notes
Change is complex
Reasons for change - need for improvement, conformance, changeability
Software development is not linear and not deterministic
A software change is invisible and not physical so it is rather difficult to visualize
Prediction of how things will work is difficult
Retrospective Coherence - looking backwards after a change has been made
Thinking in Systems - people don't tend to think in systems 
Containers hold focus
People notice events and plot those events to see trends
Resources and Links:
Gitprime.com
DonaldEGray.com
HSDinstitute.org
Programmingleadership.com

Change is hard, unpredictable, and downright complex. Getting people or systems to change is not easy and certainly not done in a vacuum.  In this episode of Programming Leadership, Marcus and his guest Don Gray enlighten listeners regarding the world of software development, the reasons for implementing software changes and why it's not as easy as people may think. And while doing so, the pair attempt to arm their readers with a variety of change literature that will have them thinking of containers, systems and exchanges in a whole new light. 
Show Notes
Change is complex
Reasons for change - need for improvement, conformance, changeability
Software development is not linear and not deterministic
A software change is invisible and not physical so it is rather difficult to visualize
Prediction of how things will work is difficult
Retrospective Coherence - looking backwards after a change has been made
Thinking in Systems - people don't tend to think in systems 
Containers hold focus
People notice events and plot those events to see trends
Resources and Links:
Gitprime.com
DonaldEGray.com
HSDinstitute.org
Programmingleadership.com

44 min