Ben Halley Email and Phone Number

I’m a proven R&D leader with over 25 years of experience. I help software development organizations become predictable, transparent, responsive and produce quality software that delights users.Things I believe in…★ Common Sense - Above all else, common sense should prevail.★ Think big, act small, fail fast - Think big: You need a North star. Act small: Provide incremental value, get feedback, repeat. Fail fast: It’s ok to fail, just do it fast and learn from it.★ Hire the right people – They need to be smart, get stuff done and have a positive attitude.★ Technical Debt – It’s ok to have some, it’s not ok to not know about it or not have a plan to tackle it.★ Automation – Automation is the key to continuous delivery with high velocity and quality.★ Architecture – Create layered, modular architectures. You need to be able to replace any layer or module with minimal disruption.★ Quality – Quality != Testing. Build quality in. Adopt a risk-based approach to testing.★ Feature Teams - Form long-lived cross functional teams who are responsible for end to end customer features. ★ Continuous improvement – Inspect and adapt. Never stop improving, circumstances are always changing.★ Leaderful Organization - Establish clear goals and objectives and (over)communicate them. Once these are well understood, everyone can be empowered to make informed, autonomous decisions. Establish and cultivate a leaderful organization. Coach & mentor other leaders. Drive decisions to the edge.★ Efficiency - Don’t worry about measuring Productivity … you can’t. Efficiency is the currency of Productivity. Improve Efficiency ⇨ More Capacity ⇨ Greater Productivity.★ Evidence Driven - Make evidence drive decisions whenever you canContact me at benhalley@yahoo.com