Welcome to the 1st Edition of Building Rome(s), a newsletter about managing technology programs. Let's talk about why all programs are late & why agile may make it worse.
Great first issue! Building towards a deadline seems to be a common theme in pushing teams towards gets things done. For Apple, it's an annual cycle. David Sacks has a great framework for software companies for Cadence. It's a quarterly cycle where: you promise to ship something in month 2 of the quarter which helps sales which has to hit targets by month 3. He talks in more detail here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0sMviH3G24
Love it brother. Good insight 👍🏼
Great first issue! Building towards a deadline seems to be a common theme in pushing teams towards gets things done. For Apple, it's an annual cycle. David Sacks has a great framework for software companies for Cadence. It's a quarterly cycle where: you promise to ship something in month 2 of the quarter which helps sales which has to hit targets by month 3. He talks in more detail here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0sMviH3G24