There Are Better Ways

There are better ways to develop and deliver software. Better than the prevailing ways of approaching such things. How much better? IME – and substantiated by data from i.e. ISBSG – from twice as good through to at least five times as good.

How to access these better ways?

1. Recognise that software development and delivery is a subset of Collaborative Knowledge Work (CKW).
2. Understand that CKW requires a fundamentally different approach vs. the kinds of work most organisations recognise as “work”.
3. Realign the collective assumptions and beliefs of your organisation to enable effective CKW.
4. Recognise that 95% of improvements will necessitate changes well outside the software development/delivery “silo”.

– Bob