Craftsmanship as Competitive Advantage in these Exciting Times
Carl Erickson@carl_erickson
HighEdWeb Michigan 2015
@carl_erickson
web
@carl_erickson
mobile
@carl_erickson
embedded
embedded
@carl_erickson
user experience
@carl_erickson
2101
@carl_erickson
Universities
• Longevity
• Competitive pressure
• Technology-driven disruption
• Transformation
@carl_erickson
Mastery Autonomy Purpose
+ Craftsmanship
Team Work
@carl_erickson
Craftsmanship as competitive advantage.
@carl_erickson
To be a 100 year old software design and
development consultancy.
@carl_erickson
To pursue our clients’ success—or die trying.
@carl_erickson
Atomic Value Mantras
• Give a shit
• Share the pain
• Teach and learn
• Own it
• Act transparently
@carl_erickson
1. Focus on learning and training
@carl_erickson
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
@carl_erickson
2. Let the sun shine in
@carl_erickson
3. Start or support a user group
@carl_erickson
4. Sponsor work on an open source tool
@carl_erickson
5. Connect your teams with their customer
@carl_erickson
6. Work with your CS and design departments
@carl_erickson
7. Budget distinctly
@carl_erickson
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
allo
cati
on
time
New Prod Dev vs Maintenance
% maint % new dev
@carl_erickson
8. Hire vendors you can learn from
@carl_erickson
9. Open yourself to competition
@carl_erickson
10. Enable social connections
@carl_erickson
SpinDown