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The podcast about all things Agile and Software Delivery where I discuss all things agile with colleagues, clients and industry leaders. We’ll be giving you an honest take on tools and techniques, will share our experiences and hopefully provide inspiration and guidance to all involved in software design and delivery to ultimately make software delivery more enjoyable and successful.
S2E10 Learnings from the Space Industry - Part 1/2 - Apollo 11
The Burn Up - Agile Software Delivery
30 minutes
5 years ago
S2E10 Learnings from the Space Industry - Part 1/2 - Apollo 11
In this episode Marcel and Todd talk about management lessons learned during the Apollo era space program and how they can still apply in today’s management environment.
Please listen to “Management Lessons of the Moon” by Andrew Chaikin YouTube video for full context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaskWhy5pYE
The following topics are covered:
- The legacy of the Apollo era management
- The importance of a clear goal from the top
- Having sufficient resources to achieve your goals
- Using a Systems thinking approach
- Configuration management
- Ensuring optimum solutions can win
- Designing for simplicity and redundancy
- Testing under realistic conditions
- The importance of what-if thinking and mentality
- Team accountability and trust
- Luck
We hope you enjoyed this episode. As always please feel free to give us feedback and share.
Show Notes
Discussion on Apollo 11: Management Lessons of the Moon by Andrew Chaikin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaskWhy5pYE
The Challenger Disaster: You’re wrong about - The Challenger Disaster - 3rd Jan 2019 by Sarah Marshall and Michael Hobbes
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-challenger-disaster/id1380008439?i=1000465289942
Other, material of interest
Apollo 1 fire radio transmission (be warned, it’s not a comfortable file to listen to):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=274lQSbpkRg
Highly Recommended! Epic Apollo 11 documentary made solely of original material on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81078076
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The Burn Up - Agile Software Delivery
The podcast about all things Agile and Software Delivery where I discuss all things agile with colleagues, clients and industry leaders. We’ll be giving you an honest take on tools and techniques, will share our experiences and hopefully provide inspiration and guidance to all involved in software design and delivery to ultimately make software delivery more enjoyable and successful.
