What’s ‘Minimal Viable Alignment’? (And Why It Matters), Andrew Harmel-Law

What’s ‘Minimal Viable Alignment’? (And Why It Matters), with Andrew Harmel-Law at Codecamp_Timisoara 2024
Sometimes when you’re working on software it feels as if you all know what everyone else is thinking. Decisions get made and code gets written and it doesn’t surprise you at all. It’s exactly the same as if you wrote it yourself. You might not have appreciated it at the time, but you felt it. You had minimal viable alignment.
Far more likely you are experiencing insufficient alignment. Half your day is spent in meetings fighting for what you think is right and against other “autonomous” teams. The other half is spent struggling against cognitive overload to deliver a feature which, at best, doesn’t make things any worse.
“Just enough” alignment is essential not just for high quality software which can be delivered with ease, it’s also key to your experience of work. But how might you achieve it?
In this talk I’ll describe the various sources of alignment, how you might find out how much alignment you and your colleagues need, and how to achieve it. As a result you’ll return to the day job, prepared to make life better, not just for yourself but for everyone around you.
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