Session Title

Make It Easy

Abstract

Why does it have to be so difficult?

"So much of what we call management consists in making it difficult for people to work." ~Peter Drucker

It seems clear that there is often a "right way" or "best practice" for many tasks in the modern workplace - but is that clarity real, or just a trick that we play on ourselves?

The biggest successes I've experienced in software development have been the result of finding ways to Make It Easy for people to excel in their work, and to connect and interact as humans.

Unfortunately, there are many things that get in our way.

In this session we will mostly explore some of the problems we face, and a few things that might make it easy for us to have a better future.

Bio

Woody Zuill is an Agile and Lean Software Development guide and coach - he has been programming computers for almost 40 years. He is an originator and pioneer of the Mob Programming approach to teamwork in software development, and provides workshops and training on team software development. He is also a founder of the "No Estimates" discussion, and a frequent speaker at conferences and user group meetups.