TLDR;
The Software Methodology Anti-Manifesto
- The Process is not the Product
- Leading not Managing
- Dialog not Dictation
That’s it, you can work out the rest for youselves, but for those of you who want to, read on.
The Process is not the Product
In a (very) long technical career, I must have been exposed to the majority of software methodologies, and experience has shown that they are, by and large, more of a liability than a help. In fact, I’ll go further and say that I think that too much methodology is much more dangerous that too little…
So, you are a first time CTO in a start-up. You’ve just landed your seed investment, and you and your team are feeling pretty good about yourselves. At last, you have enough money to be able to start the real work of building out your product or service.
Your CEO is completely committed to her vision has a near religious belief in it. And that is as it should be, because it a steadfast vision is necessary to be able to weather all the storms of startup life.
It’s at this point that you really start the transition from Lead…
Michael Karliner
Programmer, maker and inventor, occasional CTO, living in London
