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Are you my leader?
If you asked me what I’m good at, I’d say administration. I’m not always the big idea person, but I know how to get big ideas done. I’m reading this book about leadership, and I’m no where near as comfortable with that moniker. Am I a leader? I lead my team, surely. Why don’t I…
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Don’t be a silo
I know this is a joke. An intended exaggeration. But it is frustrating nonetheless. Comic I made in honour of the dev's out there who struggle to context switch – (with thanks to XKCD) #standups #agile pic.twitter.com/f08C4sXOjJ — Brad Barrow (@foxwisp) May 13, 2014 As I was watching a show on Hulu last night, this…
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Get used to being uncomfortable
After going through the Certified Scrum Master class (I am fancy now!), I’ve been re-evaluating how projects are ‘managed’ at work. We are not fully agile, but we’ve been slowly applying some of the agile concepts and structures to our workflows. In an agency environment, where projects are fast, furious, and many at the same…
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Ain’t nobody got time for that.
Damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. Sometimes, I feel caught in that conundrum. Especially when it comes to things like planning meetings, or retrospectives. If we stop to plan better, we lose development time, but we should make up that time by doing the work properly the first time. If we stop…
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Unexpectedly delightful
I walked by our “atta-boy” wall the other day and realized that I hadn’t updated it in a while. I used to be better about pointing out our successes, both as a team and as individuals, and I have let that fall by the wayside. I do deeply appreciate the staff here. And I need…
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Efficiency and Effectiveness
I went and got myself a certification this week – I am now a Certified Scrum Master, thank you very much. Overall, the class was interesting. The teacher was engaging and the format was interactive. I enjoyed having time to dive into “true” scrum practices, see them at work, and better understand the reasoning behind…
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Accountability, responsibility, and trust
One of the fascinating things about agile team structure is the delineation between responsibility and accountability. While I may be in charge of making sure something gets done, I may not actually be the one to perform the work. I am accountable to a task without being responsible for actually doing it. As a scrum…