Talk: Taming Unicorns with Technology
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Neil Vass
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Taming Unicorns with Technology
Short synopsis:
One of the recurring issues that we have working in technology is that clients want you to commit to building unreasonable stuff - coming up with ridiculous deadlines with pre-formed solutions that just aren't technologically sound, realistic or even possible. We have come across these before and we like to refer to them as “Unicorn Projects”. This workshop will explore the skills you can use to tame these - for developers, managers, and anyone else who’s been asked to build the unreasonable.
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One of the recurring issues that we have working in technology is that clients want you to commit to building unreasonable stuff - coming up with ridiculous deadlines with pre-formed solutions that just aren't technologically sound, realistic or even possible in the time available (or with the technology that exists in the world today). We have come across these before and we like to refer to them as “Unicorn Projects”. Coming up with technical compromises can be a dark art, and getting buy in when clients think you are twisting their vision can be a difficult process. This workshop will explore the skills you can use to tame these projects - for developers, managers, and anyone else who’s been asked to build the unreasonable. We'll look at how to: * Understand enough about the real requirements to come up with creative alternative solutions * Get the information needed even when you’re not allowed to talk to the clients yourself * Come up with practical system designs that consider time available, without compromising on critical but invisible aspects such as performance, security and accessibility * and, most importantly, persuade clients, stakeholders and team members to accept any of your suggestions.
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