Ian Buchanan

@thirstybear @JoshuaKerievsky "Leffingwell's Hammer" : any idea of merit, regardless of the intentions or awareness of the inventor, will inevitably and irrecoverably be reduced to a harmful but commercially viable form of the senior executives existing conception and practices.

Tools for making difficult decisions:

I've recently been seeing increased chatter about "internal developer relations" or "internal devrel" roles 🤔 I'm also bumping into this role in companies we work with, alongside "dev enablement" and "developer experience (devex)" teams Want to know more? Read on 🧵 👇

I am once again asking you to stop writing user stories without including the "so that I can..." part at the end.

🥁And the answer is 🥁... @Atlassian!! Please join us in welcoming Ian Buchanan (@devpartisan), Principal Partner Engineer at Atlassian, who will speak at the Partner Panel on February 1! We are so excited to hear from Ian 🙌 Register for free today 👉ow.ly/UL4T50Hrqi8

Cloud providers & DevOps: Google: acquires @devops_research, carries on Accelerate: State of DevOps to help teams AWS: hires 'DevOps for Dummies' author @editingemily who pioneers the DevOps Revolution model Microsoft: names a product Azure DevOps

@kvlly If only tech debt became inert over vast stretches of time, like radioactive waste. But no.

I mean, I can provide access to our github org to confirm, but likely yes

It’s strange to me that in all the conversation about developer productivity, I rarely see people talk about the cost of turnover. There is loss of time and money and a strain on morale due to interviewing, onboarding, instability, and the shift of group dynamics.

I wonder what they got Fibonacci to do during his interviews…

If you struggle to manage internal software development you have little hope of managing outsourced development.

@mstine An anti-quine?

.@Atlassian's @devpartisan and our @TheRealRobJahn co-authored this article which explains how #Dynatrace and #Atlassian help transform your operations team to work smarter not harder! dynatr.ac/2YY4cVE

Brian asks "What are some of the non-negotiables on a successful #agile team, besides soft stuff like empathy and respect?" @Atlassian answers community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-quest…

"How would you measure a team whose priorities are always changing, resulting in having to pivot and not finishing work?" @Atlassian answers how to welcome changing requirements community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-quest…

Madeline asks "How much do you focus on measuring the team's performance vs. the organization's performance?" @Atlassian uses goals, signals, and measures to sort it out: community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-quest…

Chad asks about #agile practices "Recommendations on ensuring what is delivered to customers gains awareness, on new capabilities, with maximized adoption?" @Atlassian answers community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-quest…

Carmina asks "What are the top 3 #agile metrics to look at as a lagging indicator on how the team is performing at their peak?" @atlassian answers: community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-quest…

Marianne asks "How do you support the team when you have a strong PO who attends stand-ups and expects status updates and drives the team away from established #agile practices?" @Atlassian can relate to this challenge: community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-quest…

Alex asks "In a remote setting, how do I make developers more accountable and like using Jira?" @Atlassian answers, "The question goes well beyond Jira... a core question that the field of psychology has been trying to answer for decades..." community.atlassian.com/t5/Agile-quest…