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Construx

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 automat

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70 episodes

  1. #70 Setting a Context 51:56
  2. #69 Intellectual Property 1:05:37
  3. #68 Four Types of Scrum Work 1:01:00
  4. #67 Measurement Theory 1:00:35
  5. #66 The Sunk Cost Fallacy 59:02
  6. #65 Estimating the Unknown 59:09
  7. #64 Design by Contract 57:39
  8. #63 Acceptance Criteria 55:11
  9. #62 Risk Management 49:26
  10. #61 Scaling Patterns 55:11
  11. #60 The F Word in Software 55:31
  12. #59 Total Project Quality 58:28
  13. #58 Team Organization 54:47
  14. #57 Risk-Based Testing 52:56
  15. #56 Product Visions to Product Roadmaps 54:09
  16. #55 Practitioner Quizzes Construx - Session 1 54:16
  17. #54 Stories from a Long Career 52:20
  18. #53 Cynefin Framework 52:55
  19. #52 The Triad 47:31
  20. #51 Professional Development 2024 55:56
  21. #50 Staffing the Product Owner 56:22
  22. #49 The New 52:59
  23. #48 Cone of Uncertainty 57:24
  24. #47 Retrospectives 53:15
  25. #46 Reverse Agile Scaling 53:15
  26. #45 Value Identification 56:11
  27. #44 Bringing it All Together – the Successful Leadership of Hardware/Software Teams 46:20
  28. #43 Project Managers 2023 57:02
  29. #42 Splitting User Stories 57:30
  30. #41 Special Guest: John Belbute, Engineering Metrics 54:35
  31. #40 Waterfall vs. Agile 2023 55:43
  32. #39 Product Owner vs. Product Manager 59:07
  33. #38 The Engineering Manager in Agile 52:58
  34. #37 2022 Disaster Stories and Improvement Ideas 1:04:06
  35. #36 Right-Sizing Software Process: Going Meta 53:48
  36. #35 Individual Estimation 59:02
  37. #34 Backlog Refinement 1:08:17
  38. #33 How Much Testing Is Enough? 59:07
  39. #32 Leadership for Women in Software 43:40
  40. #31 The Daily 58:19
  41. #30 Scaling Agile: Three Agile Scaling Frameworks and Six Scaling Recommendations 1:09:18
  42. #29 Twenty Years Is Enough! It’s Time to Update the Agile Principles and Values 1:08:18
  43. #28 Six Ways to Decrease Stress in Development Partnerships 47:01
  44. #27 More Effective Kanban, Part 3: Kanban for Portfolios and Programs 38:49
  45. #26 Software Estimation Lessons Learned from Covid-19 Forecasting 50:23
  46. #25 Crafting Software, Part 1: Beers to Pair with Requirements, Design, & Estimation 50:29
  47. #24 More Effective Kanban, Part 2: Operating and Optimizing Your Kanban System 1:14:36
  48. #23 Exploring Metrics: Using Landing Zones to Define and Guide Success 52:42
  49. #22 More Effective Agile, Part 9: Focus on Throughput, Not Activity; Plan Based on Measured Team Capacity; Decriminalize Mistakes 37:03
  50. #21 More Effective Agile, Part 8: Express Clear Purpose with Commander’s Intent; Model Key Agile Behaviors; Manage to Outcomes, Not Details 37:03