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James Shore on Defining Software Department Accountability

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FrancoisBosun

7mo ago· 55 min readenInsight

Summary

This is a transcript of James Shore's keynote presentation at the Agile Cambridge conference discussing 'The Accountability Problem' in software development. The presentation explores how software departments can define and demonstrate their own accountability to business partners, rather than having accountability imposed externally. The content covers defining accountability, demonstrating it effectively, quantifying business bets, and lessons from the first two years of implementation.

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How do we define software department accountability so our business partners don't do it for us?
The Accountability Problem
Demonstrating Accountability
Quantifying the Bet
The First Two Years
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This is a transcript of my keynote presentation at the Agile Cambridge conference in England on October 2nd, 2025. The topic was “The Accountability Problem.” How do we define software department accountability so our business partners don’t do it for us?

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