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Tyranny of the Urgent

The Pragmatic Embedded Podcast · 12 Sept 2023 · 41m

What this episode covers

Hosts Jeff Gable and Luca discuss the 'tyranny of the urgent,' a phenomenon where the pressure to ship features immediately leads to the accrual of technical debt by neglecting documentation, testing, and refactoring. They argue that while immediate business value is important, organizations must also invest in opportunity enablement, such as implementing over-the-air (OTA) update capabilities, and risk reduction through rigorous 'first time right' practices. The conversation highlights the need for a 'definition of done' and explicit allocation of resources to improvement stories to prevent long-term organizational crippling.

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early-stage companies

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Mempholton, McKinsey
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Jenkins
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Agile Embedded Academy

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