> in the direction of an industry whose unofficial motto is "move fast and break things"?
At Pivotal we have a different version: "go fast, forever". I believe Facebook updated theirs from "move fast and break things" to "move fast".
> But broken things have much graver consequences when they involve guns and bombs and airplanes.
We aren't to my knowledge participating in weapons systems or flight avionics (and I hope we never get involved in weapons systems).
Our work demonstrates a principle discovered in other industries a while ago: relentless focus on improvement breaks the iron triangle. Fast, affordable, good: pick any three.
But you can't do this by mouthing some slogans, skimming a book and then burping up code as fast as you can type. It takes a genuine and sustained discipline to keep to the core practices: pairing, TDD, CI/CD, IPMs, retrospectives, user-centred design, lean product management, balanced teams etc. But keep to it and the payoff in sustainable pace is remarkable.
At Pivotal we have a different version: "go fast, forever". I believe Facebook updated theirs from "move fast and break things" to "move fast".
> But broken things have much graver consequences when they involve guns and bombs and airplanes.
We aren't to my knowledge participating in weapons systems or flight avionics (and I hope we never get involved in weapons systems).
Our work demonstrates a principle discovered in other industries a while ago: relentless focus on improvement breaks the iron triangle. Fast, affordable, good: pick any three.
But you can't do this by mouthing some slogans, skimming a book and then burping up code as fast as you can type. It takes a genuine and sustained discipline to keep to the core practices: pairing, TDD, CI/CD, IPMs, retrospectives, user-centred design, lean product management, balanced teams etc. But keep to it and the payoff in sustainable pace is remarkable.
Disclosure: I work for Pivotal in R&D.