Troy Magennis on Using Data to Support Decision Making

Published: April 13, 2018, midnight

In this podcast recorded at Agile 2017, Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke Troy Magennis about his talks at the conference on \u201cI love the smell of data in the morning\u201d and \u201c10 ways to choose what to start next\u201d\n\nWhy listen to this podcast:\n\n\u2022\tThe absence of data means all you have is an opinion\n\u2022\tThe simplest way to start gathering data in software development is to put the starting date/time on one corner, the ending date/time on another corner and use different colour post-its for different types of work\n\u2022\tIt\u2019s the trend that\u2019s important, not any one week of data\n\u2022\tYour job is to make better decisions with the least amount of effort \n\u2022\tContext is hard to spot if you are in the middle of it \u2013 you need to be able to step away and see from a different perspective\n\u2022\tThe job of a leader is to help the people who report to you understand the bigger picture and the impact of their decisions on the whole\n\nMore on this: Quick scan our curated show notes on InfoQ https://bit.ly/2HAIBcs\n\nYou can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq\n\nSubscribe: www.youtube.com/infoq\nLike InfoQ on Facebook: bit.ly/2jmlyG8\nFollow on Twitter: twitter.com/InfoQ\nFollow on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/infoq\nCheck the landing page on InfoQ: https://bit.ly/2HAIBcs