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by jarl-ragnar 8y ago
Not a book, but I'd recommend Bill Garcia's Negotiating for Success course. I did it a few years ago and would highly recommend it. His company website is http://www.tableforce.com/ you can grab some free material
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Ask HN: Anyone got any suggestions for good product marketing resources
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by jarl-ragnar 8y ago
Scrum is just a simplified process for applying some of the principles behind lean manufacturing to software engineering. One of the core principles of lean is - minimize work in progress (WIP). Sprint's are just a way of minimizing WI
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by jarl-ragnar 8y ago
I'm now head of product development at a different company and one of the key activities I instantiated was using internal R&D funding to conduct technical discovery and remove, where possible, software development of new functiona
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by jarl-ragnar 8y ago
A few years ago I was technical lead for a team that worked one of the largest IT systems in the UK that you've probably never heard of. The customer was truely enlightened and would fund short technical de-risking studies to understan
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by jarl-ragnar 9y ago
I've worked across a spectrum of projects of differing sizes comprising teams small and large, often spanning multiple contracting companies. The short answer is: adjust your approach to suit the project conditions, but you need to sta
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by jarl-ragnar 9y ago
It's really nice to see a full-stack example like this that builds out a useful application while demonstrating how to utilise a broad spectrum of technologies. Good job.
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by jarl-ragnar 9y ago
I guess I'm questioning the spin that the BBC article put on this. And no I'm not ok with this happening to people. However, there were opportunities where he could have helped himself - exhibit better judgement on who he chose to
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by jarl-ragnar 9y ago
All very lamentable but you read it and get a sense of someone who is largely passive and to whom life happens. Where's the sense of ownership and shaping your own destiny?