In this episode, Adam reads haikus from The Zen of Programming (1988) by Geoffrey James. This book is unlike any programming book you've encountered. So, let's try something new for the podcast to showcase this poignant, accurate, and funny book. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get the Small Batches Way guide to software d…

In this episode, Adam reads book four in The Zen of Programming (1988) by Geoffrey James. This book is unlike any programming book you've encountered. So, let's try something new for the podcast to showcase this poignant, accurate, and funny book. This episode features koans from the fabled zen Master Lan-Hsi. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with …

In this episode, Adam reads book three in The Zen of Programming (1988) by Geoffrey James. This book is unlike any programming book you've encountered. So, let's try something new for the podcast to showcase this poignant, accurate, and funny book. This episode features analects from the fabled zen Master Rinzai. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start wi…

In this episode, Adam reads book two in The Zen of Programming (1988) by Geoffrey James. This book is unlike any programming book you've encountered. So, let's try something new for the podcast to showcase this poignant, accurate, and funny book. This episode features folktales from the fabled zen Master Noa-Op. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start wit…

In this episode, Adam reads book two in The Zen of Programming (1988) by Geoffrey James. This book is unlike any programming book you've encountered. So, let's try something new for the podcast to showcase this poignant, accurate, and funny book. This episode features chronicles from the fabled zen Master Ninjei. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start wi…

In this episode, Adam reads the preface, forward, and introduction to The Zen of Programming (1988) by Geoffrey James. This book is unlike any programming book you've encountered. So, let's try something new for the podcast to showcase this poignant, accurate, and funny book. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE …

In this episode, Adam welcomes Dan Slimmon, an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) to discuss aspects of incident response and troubleshooting in software engineering. Dan explains his methodology for clinical troubleshooting, the importance of maintaining a common mental model, and techniques for leading effective incident response efforts…

In this episode of Small Batches, host Adam Hawkins welcomes Alex Nesbitt, a strategy expert and member of the Flow Collective, to delve into the nuances of strategic thinking. The discussion covers different types of strategies, pro-tips on strategic thinking, and how strategy relates to the concept of flight levels. Nesbitt shares insights from h…

Adam discusses strategy in preparation for the next episode. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Playing to Win" 🧭 Get the Small Batches Way guide to software delivery excellence 🥋 Software Kaizen: My One-on-One System for Engineering Leadership 📘 Playing to Win by Lafely & Martin Chapter…

Adam discusses three (new-ish) ideas from time on a new gemba. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Modern Software Engineering" 🧭 Get the Small Batches Way guide to software delivery excellence 🥋 Software Kaizen: My One-on-One System for Engineering Leadership 📘 Flight Levels by Klaus Leo…

Adam describes using Hexagonal Architecture, also known as Ports and Adapters, for software delivery excellence. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Modern Software Engineering" 🧭 Get the Small Batches Way guide to software delivery excellence 🥋 Software Kaizen: My One-on-One System for E…

Adam welcomes Steve Pereira and Andrew Davis to discuss their new book, Flow Engineering. They discuss the book's origin story and the use of cybernetics to drive effective action. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Modern Software Engineering" 🧭 Get the Small Batches Way guide to softwa…

Adam presents the mental model behind T1 and T2 signals, a necessary lexicon for understanding production operations. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Flow Engineering" 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #103 - Understanding Production Operations (Th…

Adam answers a listener's request of advice on succeeding in high-level company or project environments with seven tips. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE giveaway for a copy of "Flow Engineering" 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 📘 Buy "Goldratt's Rules of Flow" 📘 Buy "Playing to Win" (my …

Adam presents TDD as skill zero, the one that unlocks all the others. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 April 2024 Giveaway instructions 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #65: Systems Thinking ☕️ Dave Farley on Small Batches 📘 Tidy First? by Kent Beck Chapters (00:00) - Skill Zero: Test D…

Adam presents a catch-all episode on ops reviews, visual management, call-to-actions, and SLOs. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 April 2024 Giveaway instructions 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #104: Blue-Yellow-Black Visual Management ☕️ Small Batches #26: Service Level Objectives wit…

Dave Mangot returns to discuss his new book "DevOps Patterns for Private Equity". Don't let the title fool you, this is best introduction to DevOps and many related software delivery topics. Buy this book for anyone in leadership. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 Enter the FREE March 2024 book giveaway 🧭 Get your FREE Guide…

Adam presents visual management using simple blue, yellow, and black color grading. This is an essential episode. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🎁 March 2024 Giveaway instructions 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 📘 Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn (Katie's Book) ☕️ Small Batches #102: Chain of Learnin…

Adam presents a series of questions to understand production operations, plus a method to practice: MMIVM. That's Model-Measure-Instrument-Visualize-Monitor. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 🎁 Enter the February 2024 Book Giveaway! ☕️ Small Batches #90: As Measured By ☕️ S…

This week Blake makes his first appearance for the new year and Josh is absent for the first time since Biden fancied someone his own age. We share a fantastic bottle of NC's own Cape Fear Solera Whiskey. A new voice graces the mic while we navigate from a personal family scandal to a biblical one and everything in between. Enjoy Fam! !…

Adam's welcomes Katie Anderson to the show to discuss her book Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn, lean thinking, and the powerful growth mindset. Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 📘 Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn (Katie's Book) 🎧 Chain of Learning (Katie's Podcast) ☕️ …

Adam's two most common words (verbal ticks even) from 2023. Is it a party foul to bring lean thinking into a New Year's Eve party? Want more? 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn ☕️ Small Batches #87: Set-Based Concurrent Engineering 📘 Managing to …

Adam welcomes John Willis to discuss his new book, Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge. We discuss why John wrote the book, Deming's career arc, and how we put Deming's ideas into action. The print edition is available now. Listen through to the end for announcements from Adam and John. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE guid…

Adam presents the ideas in Wiring the Winning Organization with a vignette from his time on gemba. Plus, a giveaway! Here's how to win a FREE copy of Wiring the Winning Organization. First, follow me on LinkedIn. Second, post a link to Small Batches podcast episode with what you learned using the #SmallBatchesGiveaway hashtag. The giveaway runs thr…

Twelve tips for first-time engineering managers. Want more? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ 🚀 New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellenceAdam Hawkins

New Season, New Episode! This week Landon brings a bottle of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof to enjoy while Josh contemplates stealing a sign at the golf course, and Blake argues with Landon that the earth is not flat.Sons of Batches

Adam presents thinking about boundaries, testing, and software design. Want more? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ 🚀 New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 🖥️ Alistair Cockburn's posts on Hexagonal Architecture 📘 New Book! Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge by John Willis ☕️ Small Batches #22: Derek C…

Adam presents how he thinks about estimates and delivery. Plus, a special announcement on something new! Want more? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ 🚀 New listener? Start here. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 🥋 The Software Kaizen Substack 📘 Principles of Product Development Flow 📘 Making Work Visible ☕️ Small Batches #86 -…

Adam presents mental model behind lean and agile. The mental model accepts we don't know the path forward, thus we must optimize for learning it. Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here. Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: 🧠 The Small Batches Way study guide 📘 The Fifth Discipline 📘 The Learn Sta…

Adam presents the rationale behind choosing a language or tech stack. Spoiler alert: it's irrelevant to software delivery performance. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start here. 📘 Accelerate - The science of software delivery performance 📘 The DevOps Handbook ☕️ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking 🧠 The DORA report ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★…

Adam presents thoughts on Sidney Dekker's book "Drift into Failure". 🚀 New listener? Start here. 📘 Drift into Failure by Sidney Dekker 📘 The Field Guide to Understanding "Human Error" by Sidney Dekker ☕️ Small Batches #65- Systems Thinking 📹 The Pursuit of Success & Averting Drift into Failure - Sidney Dekker (DOES 2017) Editor's note: There is an …

Adam revisits the historic Agile Manifesto. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start here. 🧠 The Agile Manifesto 📘The Art of Agile Development by James Shore 📘The DevOps Handbook by Gene Kim ☕️ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Adam Hawkins

Adam shares an example of breaking work into increments and iterations. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start here. 📘 Modern Software Engineering by Dave Farley ☕️ Small Batches #63 - Modern Software Engineering ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Adam Hawkins

Adam shows how the phrase, "as measured by", encourages empirical and scientific thinking. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start here. 📘 Measure what Matters by John Doerr ☕️ Small Batches #88 - Golden Signals ☕️ Small Batches #84 - Deming & The System of Profound Knowledge ☕️ Small Batches #69 - Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) ★ Support this podcast on Patreo…

Adam describes the aims of this podcast and what listeners can expect. Here's the best way to start down the path: 1. Envision the ideal: Small Batches #83 2. Study the origin: Small Batches #84 3. Build a mental model of the software delivery value stream: Small Batches #73 4. Follow me on LinkedIn for daily software delivery education 5. Create a…

Adam presents the four golden signals for steering production operations. Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here. Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: 📘 Release It! Design & Deploy production-ready Software 📘 Site Reliability Engineering: How Google Runs Production Systems ☕️ Small Batches #26 - …

Adam comments on the importance of creating a menu of viable alternatives when problem-solving. Show notes 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence 📘 Understanding A3 Thinking 📘 Toyota Kata 📘 Lean Product & Process Development ☕️ Small Batches #77 - Managing to Learn ☕️ Small Batches #62 - F…

The week Blake is taking the L and missing out on Oak & Eden and Old Scout Fox whiskey. Jimbo shows up and we talk whiskey, HOA rules, being an autophobe, moonshine, baseball and sports in general, and what grinds our gears.Sons of Batches

Adam introduces the idea of "flow" beginning with the Theory of Constraints and ending with value stream networks. Are you just beginning your path to excellence? Then start here. Already on the path? Continue your self-study with any of these: 📘 The Goal 📘 Making Work Visible 📘 Principles of Product Development Flow 📘 Goldratt's Rule of Flow 📘 Val…

Learn More NEW! The Small Batches Slack App Toyota Kata Pocket Guide Small Batches #71: Recommended Reading Small Batches #84: Deming The Flow Collective ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Adam Hawkins

Adam connects Deming's trips to Japan in 1950 with modern software delivery. This is an essential episode. Deming on Small Batches: ☕️ Small Batches #100: Deming's Journey to Profound Knowledge with John Willis ☕️ Small Batches #67: The Red Beads (Deming's experiment to introduce SPok) ☕️ Small Batches #49: Variation ☕️ Small Batches #50: Introduci…

Adam shares an end-of-year reflection on pursuing the lean ideal. This is the last episode of 2022. Small Batches will return in 2023. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Adam Hawkins

Adam presents the language used to call the plays from Leadership is Language as told in The Project Banana episode. Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #80: Project Banana ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn ☕️ Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit 📘 Lea…

Adam presents the concept of redwork and bluework presented in the book "Leadership is Language". Learn More 🚀 New listener? Start with the introduction. 🧭 Get your FREE Guide to software delivery excellence ☕️ Small Batches #80: Project Banana ☕️ Small Batches #77: Managing to Learn ☕️ Small Batches #76: The Coaching Habit 📘 Leadership is Language…

This week we are missing Blake, but Nick joins the show with a bottle of Wheat Penny Bourbon. We talk about strong men and how they are needed, how Landon wants to go out in style, and Nick gets told he looks like Santa Claus but older.Sons of Batches

This week the guys get a bottle of rum and get philosophical about religion, ghost feeling in bald people, and where to poop.Sons of Batches

Something completely different. This episode is a short story about leadership, communication, and collaboration. Chapters (00:00) - 080 - Project Banana (00:37) - Project Banana (03:38) - Launch Day (07:10) - Preflight Checks (08:02) - Deploy the Proxy (11:27) - ANDON! (14:55) - Collaborate (26:40) - The Coach (32:46) - Complete (35:50) - Improve …

This week it's just Blake and Josh on the mics. They open a bottle of Great Jones and talk about Blake's trip to Gettysburg, ghosts, the Trans community, and how things used to be long ago.Sons of Batches

Learn More NEW! The Small Batches Slack App Toyota Kata Pocket Guide The Flow Collective (Come join Saeed and I) Saeed's post on the Business Vision, Product Vision, Product Objectives, Product Strategy, and Roadmap hierarchy ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★Adam Hawkins

This week the fellas are all together with bottles of Wild Turkey Rare Breed and Great Jones. We dive into the royal family after the queens passing, we talk edibles, technology, and how dumb people have gotten.Sons of Batches