Month: October 2019

October 31, 2019

Greg Thomas

Last Day Productivity

If your team is closing all their stories and tasks on the last of the sprint you should consider moving your sprint duration to being one day. This sounds dumb right? It is. So is holding onto work that has no movement on it for two or three weeks and then magically closing everything on the last day. If your not sure if your team is guilty of this practice, check the work completed on the last day of the Sprint is it 85 hours across 5 people? If so, you might want to check where the issues lie in

October 30, 2019

Greg Thomas

You Didn’t Use the Template

That’s an after the presentation discussion. When developing a deck on a new set of content, a new set of ideas, a new approach or initiative, the last thing that truly matters is what template you use. What matters is the content. What matters is the idea. What matters is the next step. What matters is what comes from the presentation. If people are more concerned about your formatting and template, then the content you are building is not for them because they are not looking at the ideas, not looking at what you are trying to achieve and definitely

October 29, 2019

Greg Thomas

We Need to be Agile

Means nothing. This is the same as saying any of the following. “We need to be marketing.” “We need to be business.” “We need to be coding.” All this statement is, is a clear identification that you don’t know what the topic means, why you feel it and what your team needs. Some better statements… “We need to deliver software faster.” “We need to bring our product managers closer into the fold.” “We need to run test cases concurrently with development.” The above statements identify the particular need that needs to be addressed and what direction the team should look

October 28, 2019

Greg Thomas

Going Backwards

In sports, passing back is one of the hardest skills to learn as you grow older. For years you’ve taught to push through, go forward, don’t stop, look up, look at the goal, etc, etc (enter all the sports here). But to get to the next level, you need to learn to pass backward. You need to use your team. If you look ahead and they are all busy, the person behind you is the one who needs the pass, not in front. The goal is that will alleviate the pressure so that this person can then pass up and

October 25, 2019

Greg Thomas

Heads Down Meeting

If you are in a meeting and haven’t taken your eyes off your phone or laptop – you probably didn’t need to be there. It’s a simple barometer check to see if you are providing value or losing time to finish wh

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