Java Posse #446

FEB 15, 2014

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Roundup ‘13 - Team Organizational Structure

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Horizontal vs. Vertical

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/vertical-structure-vs-horizontal-structure-organization-4904.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_difference_between_h_orizontal_and_vertical_organizational_structure

http://www.organizationalchampions.com/blog/?tag=structure

Holacracy

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/what-s-the-hoopla-over-holacracy-in-business-_jrZHiaGQdKDPmQj8hs95Q.html

http://holacracy.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holacracy

http://www.reinventing-business.com/2014/02/mindfulness-and-holacracy.html

Refactoring Organizations

http://wiki.freebase.com/wiki/Business_and_Organization_Refactoring

Organizational Debt

http://www.brainloaf.com/2012/02/13/is-organizational-debt-bankrupting-your-productivity/

http://theagileexecutive.com/tag/organizational-debt/

Conway’s Law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway's_law

Specialist vs. Generalist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalist_and_specialist_species

http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2012/10/15/should-you-be-a-generalist-or-a-specialist/

Efficiency Movement - Fredrick Taylor

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficiency_Movement

Measuring Organizational Efficiency

http://smallbusiness.chron.com/organizational-effectiveness-vs-organizational-efficiency-22413.html

Teams and Tribes

http://www.tomandgeriscrum.com/2013/05/24/the-importance-of-tribe-for-agile-sustainability/

Team - reporting

http://www.rallydev.com/product-feature/reporting-analytics

Tribe - domain/feature/product

http://theagiletribe.wordpress.com/

Flat Structure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_organization

Development Sprint

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(software_development)

Refactor When Blocked

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring

Banishing “That’s not my job”

http://www.hcareers.com/us/resourcecenter/tabid/306/articleid/958/default.aspx

Horizontal Integration

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_integration

Cohesion Across Verticals

http://www.fragilestates.org/2012/03/12/horizontal-versus-vertical-social-cohesion-why-the-differences-matter/

Google 20%

http://www.wired.com/business/2013/08/20-percent-time-will-never-die/

Technical Debt Reduction

http://www.ontechnicaldebt.com/blog/5-steps-to-reduce-technical-debt-when-using-agile/

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Opening - "Java" the parody song Copyright 1997 Broken Records and Marjorie Music Publ. (BMI),

written and performed by Loose Bruce Kerr of the Dr. Demento Show and Sun Microsystems attorney.

Based on the WWI popular song, "Ja-da." Ukelele style on the recording taught to Bruce by his dad.

Re-produced with kind permission from "Loose" Bruce Kerr - http://loosebrucekerr.libsyn.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAX0gJt-aZg

Closing - Juan Carlos Jimenez - In the House (Intro No. 1)

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