Devnology podcast 040 - Commitment

This episode was recorded on the 14th of May 2013 in Amersfoort
at the book launch of Commitment, a graphic business novel about
risk management and Real Options. We talk with all three authors:


Olav Maassen is an experienced project manager and
consultant at Xebia in the Netherlands and has more than ten
years of experience working mainly for financial institutions and
big corporations.


You can follow Olav at twitter.com/OlavMaassen


Chris Matts is a consultant who specializes in developing
risk management and trading system for investment banks. He has
studied for a masters degree in financial mathematics (
Mathematical Trading and Finance ).


You can follow Chris at twitter.com/PapaChrisMatts


Chris Geary is a London-based, experienced graphic artist.
He attended the London Cartoon Centre, mainly under the tutorage
of David Lloyd. Chris has just finished working on a series of
four historical graphic novels due for publication over the next
few years. Follow Chris on twitter at @ChrisAGeary


In the interview the authors explain a lot of the concepts from
the book. We also talk about the process of how the book came
about.


Interview by @freekl and @Arnetim
Audio post-production by @mendelt
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We talk about some patterns that are related to the Real
Options, such as Latent Code Patterns and Staff Liquidity

Chris and Olav explain why the Black Scholes formula is not
really applicable in the context of Real Options for software
development

Preston Smith was one of the first to coin the phrase 'Make
the commitment at the last responsible moment'..

Joseph Campbell's monomyth, or the hero's journey, is a basic
pattern that its proponents argue is found in many narratives
from around the world

Inkshot.com is where Chris Geary publishes the International
Aces series of Graphic Novels

To see more, check out Chris Matts and Olav talking about
Real Options at Lean and Kanban Benelux 2011



This podcast is in English - Deze podcast is in het
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