101 design ingredients to solve big tech problems / Eewei Chen ; with illustrations by Robert André.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chen, Eewei, author.

Contributor:

André, Robert, illustrator.

Series:

Pragmatic programmers.

Pragmatic Programmers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management--Technological innovations.

Management.

Teams in the workplace.

Interactive management.

Group problem solving.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

One hundred and one design igredients to solve big tech problems

Place of Publication:

Dallas, Texas ; Raleigh, North Carolina : The Pragmatic Bookself, 2013.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Tough technology and business challenges face you at every stage of a project. The one-page ingredients in 101 Design Ingredients show you how to solve problems using practical examples you can apply right away. Case studies explain how leading companies combined these ingredients into their own unique recipes to catapult their businesses, and how you can too.

Contents:

Ingredients to get you started

Identify the root cause

Understand customer needs

Promote your team

Know what you control

Find the sweet spot

Connect the dots

Know what competitors are up to

Start with the end

Get your facts right

Improve vs. differentiate

Do the opposite

Make it an adventure

Build an A-Team

Clarify roles and responsibilities

Simplify your business model

Pitch the problem

Sell it in one sentence

Time it right

Test your biggest hypothesis first

Take a leap of faith.

Ingredients to keep you going

Know what will help you succeed

Put it into context

Sympathize with the situation

They can't be good at everything

Be a catalyst

Perform as a team

Fight them to know them

Just flow with it

Train them right

Make it easy

Prioritize ideas

Slice it thinly

Find the shortest route

Timebox it

Keep it simple

Use the 80/20 rule

Constrain yourself

Be really good at one thing

Be unfashionable

Fail fast, fail often

Find the gaps

Play a good game

Look for commonalities

Don't improve only the obvious

Align with expectations

Attract what you want

Don't ask what they want

Lead by example

Be prepared

Frame it

Focus on the details

Reduce the options

Make it obvious

Take a walk

Celebrate success.

Ingredients to help you cross the finish line

Make it personal

Don't get distracted

Stop making it up

Surprise them

Check the data

Adapt quickly

Find allies

Keep people informed

Don't show up

Don't think too much

Make it interesting

Make it accessible

Tell a good story

Reward them

Keep it under the radar

Have an opinion

Be good

Cut through the bull

Make it emotional

Build up enough momentum

Create a tipping point

Execute it well.

Ingredients to get more of what you want

Look outside to be more effective

Do it because you can't

Cast it far, then reel it in

Be unreasonable

Crowdsource it

Don't do it all

Stay hungry, stay foolish

Be childish

Get bored easily

Don't expect the same results

Challenge and disrupt

Let processes form around needs

Increase happiness

Become an expert

Know when to give up

Don't get lazy

Don't jump to conclusions

Support it after it goes live

Risk getting fired

Make one last attempt

Get them addicted

Take the blame

Give it away

Don't think you can prevent disaster.

Recipes for success

A recipe for effective leadership

A recipe for awesome employees

A recipe for social relevance

A recipe for lean startup in large organizations

A recipe for being indispensable

A recipe for evolution

A recipe for constant innovation

A recipe for getting investment

A recipe for doing social good

A recipe for world domination

Final thoughts.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781941222515

194122251X

9781680503043

1680503049

9781680503050

1680503057

9781937785321

1937785327

OCLC:

893098128