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#25 Crafting Software, Part 1: Beers to Pair with Requirements, Design, & Estimation

#25 Crafting Software, Part 1: Beers to Pair with Requirements, Design, & Estimation

FromInspect and Adapt


#25 Crafting Software, Part 1: Beers to Pair with Requirements, Design, & Estimation

FromInspect and Adapt

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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Feb 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

We thought we’d do something fun to start our second season and use a familiar vehicle to help new listeners and our old friends understand Construx’s software engineering expertise. And how are we going to do that? We’re going to use beer! You might be thinking, "Well, now you have my attention." Host Mark Griffin and Construx consultant Steve Tockey are accomplished home brewers, with 39 years of beer-brewing experience between them. In this first part of the conversation, they’ll work through the beginning phases of software development—requirements, design, and estimation—choosing beers that pair well with each phase, given the similar desired outcome of the particular beer and the software phase. Learn, for example, how software design is similar to an English IPA. We’re pretty sure you’ve never heard anything quite like this.
Released:
Feb 24, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (48)

World-class software development requires far more than language/platform expertise and steady sprints. Join us as we describe time-tested, industry-proven software best practices at the team, organization, and leadership levels, sharing examples from recent engagements with software teams of all sizes.Construx is led by industry leader Steve McConnell, author of Code Complete and More Effective Agile. Software experts first and software trainers and consultants second, our team has seen what works and doesn’t work in hundreds of software organizations.Host Mark Griffin spent the first half of his career as an electrical engineer doing silicon hardware design and leading software automation teams. He moved into the sales side of software because he wanted to spread the value of what his company was building. It was supposed to be a one-year assignment that turned into the second half of his career. His balance of deeply technical skills and right-brain artistry also makes him a masterful home brewer!