Leaders and teams for successful software projects

About this episode

The episode discusses the leadership and team dynamics necessary for successful software projects while addressing organizational challenges.

A piece on leadership and teams needed to create great software projects and overcome the organisational immune system, all without any fan noise, and an intro from Mark . Unicorn project book DevOps handbook (hint, DevOps is *not* a separate team or job title, that's just Ops) Culture - The Fearless Organisation book MeLE Fanless Mini PC Quieter 4C Dead Sea Effect

People in this episode

Host: Tim Abell

Topics covered

• leadership
• software projects
• DevOps
• organizational culture
• team dynamics

Keywords

• leadership
• software development
• DevOps
• teamwork
• organizational culture

Mentioned in this episode

Products: MeLE Fanless Mini PC

Books & works: Unicorn project, DevOps handbook, The Fearless Organisation

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