Ian Buchanan

Because development is more political than religious. #DevRel

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@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.

[Amjad Masad @amasad]

Tools for making difficult decisions:

[Daniel Bryant @danielbryantuk]

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 🧵 👇

[Pavel A. Samsonov @PavelASamsonov]

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

[Codefresh @codefresh]

🥁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 👉https://t.co/k0cvlrY4js

[Tracy Miranda @tracymiranda]

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

[Ian Buchanan @devpartisan]

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

[Sarah Drasner @sarah_edo]

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 Am Devloper @iamdevloper]

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

[Scott W. Ambler @scottwambler]

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

[Ian Buchanan @devpartisan]

@mstine An anti-quine?

[Dynatrace @Dynatrace]

.@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! https://t.co/yLnIe9q2Zy

[Ian Buchanan @devpartisan]

Brian asks "What are some of the non-negotiables on a successful #agile team, besides soft stuff like empathy and respect?" @Atlassian answers https://t.co/vorcS76brX

[Ian Buchanan @devpartisan]

"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 https://t.co/vorcS76brX

[Ian Buchanan @devpartisan]

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: https://t.co/vorcS76brX

[Ian Buchanan @devpartisan]

Chad asks about #agile practices "Recommendations on ensuring what is delivered to customers gains awareness, on new capabilities, with maximized adoption?" @Atlassian answers https://t.co/vorcS76brX

[Ian Buchanan @devpartisan]

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: https://t.co/vorcS76brX

[Ian Buchanan @devpartisan]

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: https://t.co/vorcS76brX

[Ian Buchanan @devpartisan]

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..." https://t.co/vorcS76brX