WAVEs promise to redefine how we design, optimize, and deploy applications by tightly coupling software and hardware in ways previously unimaginable. With WAVEs, developers can create applications without worrying about hardware constraints, while the WAVE ensures the resulting design is perfectly mapped to hardware optimized for power, performance, and efficiency.
One of the key insights about entrepreneurship in the last decade is that a startup is not just a small version of a established business. Rather, a startup is an organization formed to search for a business model, rather than execute one.
In particular, this implies that startups should be designed to maximize learning by exploiting surprises. This is the exact opposite of a traditional business, which attempts to increase predictability by avoiding surprises.
To get the optimal structure, we need to be clear on:
Which things we need to learn (the problem)
How we are going to learn them (the process)
Who will own the learning (the people)
What will prove we have learned the right lessons (the product)
Thomas and Mary Poppendieck are to Lean Product Development (for Software) what Charles and Ray Eames are to design. LPD can be considered the project management aspect of Agile, to complement the software engineering practices of, e.g., Behavior-Driven Development. Some of my favorite essays from their website are: Train-Wreck Management The Challenges of Bringing Lean... Continue Reading →
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