Venkatesh Krishnamurthy explains that the complexity theory, based on the premise of non-linearity, involves the study of complex systems. Even though the complexity theory is not a new concept, people are still grappling to imbibe this into management and software development.
Venkatesh Krishnamurthy is an author, speaker and a coach. In his 15+ years of career in the software industry, he has played different roles as a developer, architect and an Agile coach.
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Radical innovation is essential for survival in this century. But no one has been able to come up with a formula or a process to build innovative products like the iPhone or Google Glass. Why is this? Because innovation is a creative endeavor and is people dependent.
When the government suddenly passes regulations that impact the development of a product, an organization's investments could suddenly turn to waste. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy explains how to deal with the waste as well as some methods to better handle inventories.
Constant delays at the Brisbane Airport in Australia cost airlines $75 million last year. This hefty cost is not adding any value to the airlines or to the passengers. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy relates this news of financial waste to what he sees as a software delivery coach.
Venkatesh Krishnamurthy writes on the many different agile software development methodologies and what he sees in store for the future. Venkatesh believes that a new wave of agile approaches based on fundamentals taken from other industries will emerge.
The daily standup meeting is a critical element of scrum teams. Its simplicity and benefits have even attracted the attention of practitioners of waterfall development. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy presents a helpful guide to the daily standup meeting.
Venkatesh Krishnamurthy relates New York's unpopular soda size ban with the conflicts that arise from self-organizing teams. Michael Bloomberg (ScrumMaster) had good intentions to save lives by bringing this change; however, he didn’t get support from the citizens (self-organized team).