Maximizing Value by Minimizing Repeated Failure
Feedback loops are an essential part of software development. Or, at least, they should be. As a consultant, I always try to optimize the feedback loops; between stakeholders and team, between team and management, between different teams and within the team itself. Listen to this talk about how to fix the loops that turn out not to be loops but just half circles with arrows.
Virtual machines in history Join Erik for a historical view of his work on virtual machines, regular expression engines, garbage collection and language development that empathises with the users. We start the journey with the V8 JavaScript engine (with surprising anecdotes from the early days). Then we move on to Dart VM and end the talk with Toit VM, the new tiny VM that makes embedded devices feel like real computers. During this, he will talk about how your tools should not hate you, rant more about tools that stab you in the back, especially Golang, and end up with how the Toit GC manages your memory without stealing your memory.
Emerging industry and technologies of power There is little doubt that geopolitics is tightening its grip on international business and R&D. In this talk, Henric will give a deeper understanding of what trends and insights companies and universities should take home in a world with global competition. You can find Henric on LinkedIn using the link below: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henric-johnson-4711a22 This presentation was recorded on 21 May 2024. Follow us on LinkedIn or check our website for news on future webinars. factor10: Website: https://factor10.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/factor10-solutions-ab/ myConf: Website: https://myconf.io/
Maximizing your context Have you ever wondered why some people make the most of a situation? The same question applies to companies, communities and even countries. I have tried to answer this question by looking at my own life and work - the circumstances under which I made decisions that worked out better or worse. And I tried to answer the question again for people with whom I have interacted over a significant period. There is something about maximising the variables in specific contexts that leads to success. In this talk, I share my thoughts on maximising the context in which we find ourselves, and when we do so, we maximise value for others too.
Stop wasting your R&D budget! Start modeling value and experiment! Research by us and others shows that somewhere between half and two-thirds of all features in a typical system are never used or used so seldomly that these should not have been built in the first place. In addition, 70-90% of all resources in R&D work on commodity functionality, rather than differentiation and innovation. The current practices around product management and R&D are incredibly wasteful. In this talk, I present an alternative approach organized around quantitative modeling of value, experimental development approaches such as A/B testing, and continuous monitoring of value delivered to customers in operational software. You can find Jan on LinkedIn using the link below: https://www.linkedin.com/in/janbosch/ This presentation was recorded on 21 May 2024. Follow us on LinkedIn or check our website for news on future webinars. factor10: Website: https://factor10.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/factor10-solutions-ab/ myConf: Website: https://myconf.io/
Building a Moonshot Mindset When should your team go bigger, and what are some ways to take visionary action? In this inspirational session, hear Tamara Carleton introduce the moonshot mindset and some ways for turning radical ideas into reality, drawing from her recent book Building Moonshots which the Financial Times described as "a much-needed resource for our era of uncertainty". You can find Tamara on LinkedIn using the link below: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamaracarleton This presentation was recorded on 20 May 2024. Follow us on LinkedIn or check our website for news on future webinars. factor10: Website: https://factor10.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/factor10-solutions-ab/ myConf: Website: https://myconf.io/
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