October 26, 2020
This popped up in my YouTube view today. Apart from Kelly kissing Darryl, this seems very much like life these days as we are all remote. Not wanting to do another Powerpoint presentation. Working multiple gigs to get by. Updates are always required. And yes, sometimes you have to wing it. And sometimes its good to have a laugh to get your meetings going.
October 25, 2020
They are. Being in a ZOOM or a TEAMS call with a bunch of other people, talking about something. You’re safe. You’re not putting anything new out there. You’re not challenging anything. You’re not taking any action. You’re not changing direction. You’re talking about what may or may not happen. You’re thinking about what someone just said. In these cases, meetings feel safe because we can talk about things but we do after them is up to us, and everyone else. The ones that make meetings dangerous? Come with a plan. Know the objective. Have the hard conversations and work
October 24, 2020
We all know about problems. There are too many that exist right now to not know about problems that governments, companies and people are trying to solve. But do we understand the problem? Do we understand and appreciate all the intricacies and minutia that go into the problem? Do we grasp the context that is forming the problem and the data that is outlining what it is and what must be done to resolve it? Too often we accept Knowing the problem as acceptance for Understanding the problem, when they are so very different. It’s that chasm between Knowing and
October 23, 2020
We are day in and day out in the office. Whether you are working somewhere remotely for your company or working from home, you are pulling in more bandwidth to the office then you ever thought possible. Everyone is worried about what is coming next and it’s seeping into our psyche (if it hasn’t already). If you are a consultant/contractor, you are taking on as many projects as you can right now in case of what might come next. Personal Development is going out the window because finding time is getting harder and harder. Find the time, 30 minutes, something,
October 22, 2020
It doesn’t matter what methodology you are using. Your requirements are a story. They are a story that people want to read like a book. They want to read it so badly that they can never put it down. They want to be consumed by it. They want to never stop reading it. They want it to be the bestseller they never knew about. They want to be blown away by it. And they want to be so inspired by it that they go and build the best software you have ever seen. That is what your requirements need to
