Arty's Writings
Arty Starr
March 29, 2026 · 5 min read
Giving Developers Words to Explain What's Happening
When Software Gets Out of Control
The lack of visibility and difficulty of quantifying the challenges make it hard to communicate the severity of the situation to management—which often prevents the investment of time and resources in improvements.
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Topic: Software Research
Arty Starr
June 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Supporting the Moment: Seeing Software As Activity Instead of Artifact
Software development is a continuous process of exploring, orienting, deciding, creating, validating, and responding to feedback. When we focus on the activity, rather than the artifact, the knowledge we need to support these moments becomes clear.
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Topic: Software Research
Arty Starr, Keith Mann, Margaret-Anne Storey
October 17, 2025 · 5 min read
Building Cultures that Invite Contribution: A Blueprint for Thriving Teams
Bridges Summit community discussion synthesis exploring the lens of Thriving and a synthesis of insights into an actionable blueprint and three step strategy.
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Topic: Software Research
Arty Starr, Keith Mann, Margaret-Anne Storey
May 14, 2025 · 7 min read
Dimensions of Software Excellence
Bridges Summit community discussion synthesis exploring the lens of Software Excellence, and how it helps capture what's missing and easy to overlook and why it matters.
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Topic: Software Research
Arty Starr, Keith Mann, Margaret-Anne Storey
April 3, 2025 · 8 min read
Reframing "Productivity": What are we aiming for?
Bridges Summit community discussion synthesis exploring the problems and constraints that keep us from bridging the divide between developers and management, research and industry, and the felt challenges in Developer Experience.
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Topic: Software Research
