Ola Ellnestam

Ola Ellnestam is a coach and mentor for both business and technical teams. He loves to combine technology, people, and business, which is why he finds software development so interesting. He has developed complex computer systems within health care, defense, and online banking fields, and he knows that software must be easy to use, extend, and deploy in order to be worth developing. More than anything else, he likes to share his findings and knowledge with others because he believes that this is how new knowledge and insight are created.

books by Ola Ellnestam

The Mikado Method
  • March 2014
  • ISBN 9781617291210
  • 240 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Software Development / Software Engineering

The Mikado Method presents a pragmatic process to plan and perform nontrivial technical improvements on an existing software system. The book helps you practice a step-by-step system for identifying the scope and nature of your technical debt, mapping the key dependencies, and determining a safe way to approach the "Mikado" -- your goal. A natural by-product of this process is the Mikado Graph, a roadmap that reflects deep understanding of how your system works.

This book builds on agile processes such as refactoring, TDD, and rapid feedback. It requires no special hardware or software and can be practiced by both small and large teams.