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	Podcast:		Developer On Fire
	Episode:		Episode 161 \| James Grenning - Right Place and Time
	Category:		Technology
	Duration:		00:58:43
	Publish Date:		2016-08-31 19:00:00
	Description:		Guest: James Grenning @jwgrenning James Grenning talks with Dave Rael about getting to the heart of the problem, forging important relationships, humility, and providing training James Grenning is an engineer. He likes solving problems: in code, in design, in meetings, in organizations, in his business. His mission is to bring modern technical and management practices to embedded systems development. That mission takes him all over the world training and coaching. He is the author of Test-Driven Development for Embedded C (http://wingman-sw.com/tddec). He invented Planning Poker, and participated in the creation of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. His website is http://wingman-sw.com. Chapters: 0:57 - Dave introduces the show and James Grenning 2:30 - The reasons for the name of James's business - Wingman Software 3:47 - James's early career and becoming a leader and trainer, becoming associated with Uncle Bob Martin 6:51 - James's definition of value 8:50 - Getting answers to questions to guide how a training should go - applying the idea of understanding the problem to training 10:13 - The things that "light James up" 14:03 - The things James doesn't like about the things he does 15:12 - Being able to formulate a question well enough to get an answer 20:30 - How James got started in software 24:56 - Historical culture in software and incidental diversity 26:47 - James story of failure - Banished from a team he established, training that wasn't wanted 32:26 - Enlightenment from watching Kent Beck practice Test-Driven Development, James's involvement in the summit at Snowbird that resulted in the Agile Manifesto 38:44 - The story of Planning Poker and "You guys are making this stuff up" 44:14 - James's success story - family, beneficial career turns 48:04 - How James stays current with what he needs to know 51:24 - James's book recommendation 52:38 - James's top 3 tips for delivering more value 54:22 - Feedback cycles and dependencies 56:57 - Keeping up with James Resources: James's Blog Wingman Software on Facebook James on Quora James on Untappd Uncle Bob Martin on Developer On Fire Cory House on Developer On Fire Newton's method Intel 8251 Twelve-step program Manifesto for Agile Software Development W. Edwards Deming Total Quality Management Mike Cohn Mike Cohn on Planning Poker The Fibonacci Sequence Planning Poker Party on James's Blog Woody Zuill on Developer On Fire cyber-dojo Python Koans James's book recommendation: Training From the Back of the Room!: 65 Ways to Step Aside and Let Them Learn - Sharon L. Bowman The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small - John Gall James's top 3 tips for delivering more value: Get good at identifying problems Look for waste in your work Automate repetitive tasks
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