What managers need to know about IT
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The document discusses what CEOs and founders need to know about software development. It outlines key questions executives should ask their CTOs or development leads, such as about the largest business risks and technical debt. It also covers important software development topics like estimating timelines, managing technical debt, and optimizing productivity through practices like continuous delivery and focusing on developer experience.
What managers need to know about IT
- 1. IT for CEOs What CEOs and Founders Need to Know About Software Development Stephan Schmidt, Vice CTO, brands4friends
- 2. Me Stephan Schmidt Vice CTO brands4friends @codemonkeyism Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 3. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 4. What CEOs and Founders Need to Know About Software Development Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 5. Dragons Management Black Magic Top IT AP G Voodoo ? Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 6. That¡¯s wrong! Can¡¯t manage Hidden risks Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 7. What should you ask? What should a CEO ask his CTO? (VP Engineering, Lead developer, ¡) Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 8. Stuff that risks your business or has huge revenue impact. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 9. Green Shifting. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 10. Questions to ask? Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 11. What is our largest risk? Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 12. How many SPOFs do you have? (People and technology) Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 13. When was your last Backup? Where is it? When has it been tested the last time? Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 14. When will we hit the wall? (More on that later) Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 15. Development is a solved problem Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 16. Waterfall Resources ($$$) Time Scope Kanban (Lean) Agile (Scrum) Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 17. Time to market => more money Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 18. Time to Market Largest lever is NOT development. Largest lever is decision phase. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 19. Development Start Idea Front-up Development Problems are here Everyone focuses here
- 20. Market Opportunity Feeling of urgency Time relative to competitor Reinertsen 1998 Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 21. Top Management Attention of top possible impact management for a project Reinertsen 1998 Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 22. 1 women needs 9 months to deliver a baby. 9 women do deliver a baby in 1 month. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 23. 1. Feature 2. Feature 1. Feature 2. Feature 3. Feature 4. Feature 5. Feature 3. Feature 4. Feature 5. Feature Time Time Parallel Serial Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 24. Performance Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 25. Scope Time Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 26. Scope Time Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 27. Scope ¡Þ Time Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 28. Technical Debt Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 29. Technical Debt Time Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 30. Technical Debt WALL Rewrite Time Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 31. Work left Technical to do Debt Pressure Time Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 32. Lines of Code BAD Ok GOOD Time Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 33. How long does it take? Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 34. Brooks Law: Adding people to a late project makes it later. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 35. Software estimation is usually done by the wrong people. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 36. Cone of Uncertainty 4x 1x Time Software Complete Detailed Design Complete UI Complete Requirements Complete 0,25x Initial Idea Steve McConnell Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 37. Bad Cone of Uncertainty 4x 1x Time Requirements Complete 0,25x Initial Idea Steve McConnell Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 38. 10% 50% 90% Probability Estimation /Time 1. July 1. August 1. October Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 39. Usually Estimation is not needed! Focus on Time to Market and What not when Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 40. And don¡¯t forget ¡ Do not hire developers if you don¡¯t know what you do. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 41. Thanks! Questions? @codemonkeyism stephan.schmidt@brands4friends.de Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 42. Sources ¡°Software Estimation: Demystifying the Black Art¡±, Steve McConnell ¡°Developing Products in Half the Time¡±, Donald G. Reinertsen ¡°The Mythical Man-Month¡±, Frederick P. Brooks ¡°Peopleware¡±, Tom DeMarco Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 43. DON¡¯T FORGET! Maintenance typically consumes 40 to 80 percent of software costs. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 44. Productivity Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 45. The most important factor in software work is the quality of the programmers. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 46. The best programmers are up to 28 times better than the worst programmers. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 47. Developers need 15 minutes to reach the ZONE. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 48. Site note: No telephones. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 49. Tools. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 50. No silver bullet. Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 51. War on Talent Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT
- 52. When your recruiting pipeline is empty 3 months recruiting + 3 months notice period + 1 current month = 7 months from need to filled Stephan Schmidt - What Top Management needs to know about IT