GOTO 2017 • Patterns of Effective Teams • Dan North

Author: Dan North Publishing/Release Date: June 6, 2017 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvs7VEsQzKY&ab_channel=GOTOConferences

Patterns of Effective Teams

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Productive is a red herring.

Productive ⇒ The ability to make lots of a thing.

A more productive system produces more stuff.

The goal of software development is not to produce stuff, the goal of software development is to impact a business positively.

Effective teams solve difficult business problems with tiny pieces of software.

If you can solve a difficult business problem with no software, you win at software.


Dreyfus Squared


The Inverse-Truck factor

How many people in your team that need to get run over by a truck before you can get any work done.

Shallow Silos

Near and Far

Warm Welcome

Seize the Day

Code Critique

Hack Day