Month: January 2019

January 31, 2019

Greg Thomas

Focus is Key, Adoption is Critical

Focus is big. Focus is important. Focus is what will keep you on the right path – whether it’s working with your team or shipping your product. Focus will get you there. But what happens after “it” gets there?  Switching to Agile? Introducing a change to your team structure? Putting out those new features in your product? That’s where Adoption comes in and Adoption is critical to your success.  The earlier you build Adoption into your focus, the sooner you’ll have your team, your customers buying into what is coming. Not only have you prepped them for what is coming

January 30, 2019

Greg Thomas

What Happened?

We don’t ask this question enough. It’s too open-ended. To open to interpretation. Has too many options associated to it. Invites too much feedback from those involved. Turns into a much longer discussion than we are willing to invest time in. Gets lost in translation. Or simply put – “It’s too hard to ask” and that much harder to receive feedback on. When we say “What Happened?” – we are opening ourselves up to feedback to everyone – those directly and indirectly involved – it can be overwhelmed if we don’t have a process in place to handle, consume and

January 28, 2019

Greg Thomas

Why Remote Collaboration is Still Broken

Everyone wants to work remotely. Everyone thinks it’s a great idea to have people work remotely. But at the first sign of trouble or discord – first item on the list to get blamed – is working remotely. The big problem with remote work today is it sounds really, really cool – working from the local java shop, watching my kids do sports while hammering out some emails, coding in a restaurant or in a plane terminal – that is some very, very cool remote work locations. But is work getting done? If you’re the Team Lead looking to setup

January 25, 2019

Greg Thomas

Your First Project Meeting

New Team? New Project? New Idea? If you want to get things started on the right foot and moving in the direction you need them to here is what you need for that initial Kick-Off Meeting. What’s the project about? What’s your current plan? What’s the current state of everything?  Technology, Requirements, Customers? What are the big risks you see to date? Where do you want the team to focus on now? What’s next? If you don’t have that information at hand, don’t hold the meeting, you’re not ready, the project isn’t ready, it’s not worth it. In walking through

January 24, 2019

Greg Thomas

Hand Holding is a Good Thing

We joke and lament when we have to hold someone’s hand to help them accomplish a task. But it’s not a bad thing when you really need it, when you are stumped, when you are stuck, when you need a kick. The only time Hand Holding is bad, when the person asking for their hand to be held – to learn, to grow, to develop – is really only interested in getting the answer and moving on. That’s not Hand Holding, that’s a Hand Out.

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