August 11, 2021
Everyone did. But not everyone wanted to speak. And not everyone wanted to hear the bad news. And not everyone wanted to discuss the what-if scenarios. So when the client found out, the inevitable question was Who knew? Which then sparked the recycling of the above dialogue.
August 10, 2021
Just do it. Whatever it is that’s holding you back. Just do it. No one’s going to notice. No one’s going to care. Except you, because that is who cares and knows about. But no one else does. So just do it. Whatever it is.
August 9, 2021
Easily, the most asked question in software. The answer, not as easy to come by and is different for every company and team out there. It can range from the dev team to product management to support to sales to someone being sick to code not working to platform problems to project issues to anything and anything and anything. That was a very long rambling sentence, but you get the idea, it’s not easy to answer. When asked this question, my gut check, instant response is always the same. Good question, better question – who knew when we were going
August 8, 2021
I remember working on software that interfaced with presence engines before people started working remotely in a big way. And at that time I remember thinking – “wow, there is a lot that could go wrong here.” Presence does not equal trust, it’s something else, but it’s not trust. Don’t confuse the two. We had a great chat on this in our recent episodes on Remotely Prepared.
August 7, 2021
One of the most difficult tasks of a software manager is to take stock of their backlog. What needs to be pruned? What needs more data? What needs to be turfed? What is valuable? What is duplicated and needs to be escalated? An organized team has a decent backlog. You don’t need to be quoting ticket numbers and requests, but when you open it, it’s organized, it’s clear. The value proposition of what is in there makes sense. What you want to avoid is having a backlog that is bloated and filled with unknowns. When this happens, the team won’t
