Matt Ring

Product & Engineering coach. Recovering software engineer, father, husband, home improver. Some skills better than others. Opinions are my own. He/Him.

[Matt Ring @mjring]

Link to the paper here for those interested:
https://t.co/vgOYaV0Ayw

Co-authors
@jgallimore @BettyJunod @AndrewDavis_io Dwayne Holmes

[Matt Ring @mjring]

This reminds me of a point brought up when writing our "Measuring Value" paper for @ITRevBooks last year... when an IT org considers itself and its goals distinct from its business peers...

"If IT wins but the business loses, is that still success?"

Answer here. 👇

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Just heard of a utilities government company that is going bankrupt after their IT arm went all-in on Scrum and SAFe, rewrote a billing system, and that billing system got delayed long enough that they could not collect revenue, and ran out of money.

Oh man.

[Matt Ring @mjring]

Another reminder that Agile is NOT the goal. It is a vehicle toward achieving your goal.

Focus on measuring and improving your (company's) outcomes.

[Gergely Orosz @GergelyOrosz]

Just heard of a utilities government company that is going bankrupt after their IT arm went all-in on Scrum and SAFe, rewrote a billing system, and that billing system got delayed long enough that they could not collect revenue, and ran out of money.

Oh man.

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@age_shulman @RealGeneKim This got me...

"these [issues] are operational implementation issues and not related to the overall Workday contract performance metrics."

The vendor project metrics look great. What? No, we weren't measuring whether the software solved an actual problem. That's crazy talk...

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@dustinson I've not had this problem. But then again, I usually have a conversation with my manager first if I'm planning to submit a talk about something work-related to make sure it doesn't include sensitive IP.

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@dustinson @jonsmart I reference this SO often @jonsmart. 🙂

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@lissijean That looks awesome! I agree with others, the integration with the standing desk looks really nice!

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@forrestbrazeal Congrats, Forrest! Looking forward to following you on the next leg of your journey!

[IT Revolution @ITRevBooks]

"Once we understand the overall direction we are trying to go…as well as where we are today…we can then figure out the next target goal we want to reach. With this, we will focus on a couple of tools to help us: an Outcome Canvas and OKRs…"

Read more: https://t.co/X9KQqzxPqo

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@scottsauber Apologies for the self-promotion, but I helped co-author a paper this year on this problem of articulating value in IT. Hope it helps others.

https://t.co/vgOYaV0Ayw

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@editingemily This was an amazing talk @editingemily! A great combination of raw personal story, historical truth bombs, and an inspiring call to action. 👏

Thank you for sharing this with the rest of us.

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@nathenharvey (Finish maybe...)

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@nathenharvey Start starting...? 🤔

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@age_shulman There's definitely a time element to it, as well as an org culture element. (e.g., is cross-team collaboration discouraged, tolerated, or encouraged?)

https://t.co/csS1pKpXtP

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@age_shulman I think COEs are useful for exploring or starting up a new capability (because that is their charge). But, as part of their charge, they should help stand up CoP(s) as soon as possible, owned by passionate advocates beyond the COE, to help make the new capability sustainable.

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@scottsauber I mean... if you would just talk to your kids, Scott...

[Ivan Krnic イヴァン @ikrnic]

🚀 New 0800-DEVOPS #54 is out - I talked with 🎙️ @nathenharvey about the DORA community, the inaugural DORA Summit, and the freshly published 2023 State of DevOps Report!

https://t.co/HBn1b0GPQb

#DevOps #engineeringmanagement #leadership

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@ikrnic @nathenharvey Great episode and insights @nathenharvey and @ikrnic! I loved the soundboard analogy and the double-click into the report insights this year!

[Martin Fowler @martinfowler]

I've been taking a break from work for the last few weeks, so missed much of the brouhaha over the McKinsey developer productivity article. But I'm sure that I could not write a better response than this one from @tastapod

https://t.co/3PlzZ37kgb

[Matt Ring @mjring]

@damonedwards @ITRevDOES @RealGeneKim @amywillard