Top 10 Tips for Software Development Management

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#1: The Difference Between Average, Good, & Great

#2: Finding & Keeping the Best

#3: Hiring Process

#4: Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment

• We do it when we feel like it• We do it daily• We do it on a schedule• We do it at every check-in to source control

#5: Developers Cannot Be Trusted

“I don’t like accounting, so I don’t do much of it”

James Grenning

#6: The Importance of Shipping Software

#7: Resume Building

#8: Allow Failure

#9: When to Test

Write a line of code Deliver Code to Users

#10: Logs on the Fire

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