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a thousand times – this.
via rawsignalgroup: …what we know about high-performing teams is that none of this management-by-abuse shit actually works. We can have empathy for the bosses who are sitting in the discomfort, reaching for anything to make themselves feel better. We can understand that impulse. We have felt that impulse. But the reality is that, when you…
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A well-oiled decision making machine
I’m helping a buddy with his site, doing some analysis of the analytics to see what’s working and what isn’t, and to try to identify some places where he could bump up the site’s revenue a bit. The whole things feels quite luxurious. It’s a side project for him, and I’m just doing it for…
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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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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…
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The cost of what you want
An excellent point: When you stand and petulantly demand some course of action without regard for the bigger picture, you immediately place yourself into a tiny little box. This person doesn’t understand the full scope of what he is asking, so I can disregard this particular request. Sure, you might know what you are talking about (might…