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Supervising Scientific Theses – Opportunities, Effort, and Benefits
Both for AutoLab-Next Automation GmbH and for the DigiThy project, I have already had the opportunity to supervise and support several bachelor's and master's theses. This repeatedly raises the question: When is it actually worthwhile for a company or a research project to offer students a thesis?
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Perfectionism as Poison
A few years ago, I would probably have considered “perfectionism” to be a desirable quality for developers. I now know that perfectionism is paralyzing. That doesn’t mean you should do the opposite and always tackle everything with slapdash work. Rather, you should always keep the well-known Pareto Principle in mind. The principle was named after the Italian...
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Why the best developers are often the worst estimators
After graduating, I was not only in a position to implement large software projects with hundreds or even thousands of development hours, but also to appreciate them. Since the age of 18, I have always been involved in the development of software projects alongside my studies. Some of them even ran productively in 24/7 operation in plant parks. However, these were...
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What industry and research can learn from each other
It's not just since AutoLab moved into the EBS Center and our company activities have been taking place directly on the TU Graz campus that I've been actively involved in both industry and science. My master thesis, together with TU Graz, led to a patent application for the automated treatment of thyroid diseases. I have therefore been involved in entrepreneurial projects and scientific research in parallel for a long time.
Book Recommendations
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
This book is my absolute favorite, which I gladly recommend to everyone and gave to every new employee on their first day at work. It shows impressively how easily our thinking is influenced and illustrates the theories with numerous examples and studies. You can get a little insight in the blog post Why the best developers are often the worst estimators.
Noise von Olivier Sibony, Daniel Kahneman und Cass Sunstein
This book is more or less a sequel to Thinking, Fast and Slow and is a clear recommendation for anyone who regularly has to make important decisions.
Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time von Jeff Sutherland und J.J. Sutherland
Dieses Buch stammt vom Mitgründer von Scrum selbst – und gerade deshalb ist es so lesenswert, weil es nicht das offizielle Regelwerk ist. Statt nüchterner Theorie vermittelt es vor allem das Gefühl von Scrum.
Durch spannende Fallstudien und erzählerisch starkes Storytelling wird man als Leser spielerisch an die Prinzipien herangeführt, auf die es bei Scrum wirklich ankommt. Und das ist – entgegen vieler Missverständnisse – nichts Kompliziertes und schon gar keine Raketenwissenschaft.
Genau so sollte ein Projektmanagement-Framework sein: einfach, verständlich, wirkungsvoll.
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