Month: April 2022

April 30, 2022

Greg Thomas

The Updated Work Week

There are lots of discussions coming out on work weeks… When should we work? How long should we work for? When should we take breaks? When should we send and write emails? How about instead of hiring people based on time, we hire them based on delivery. We need X delivered in the next Y months?  Is that possible?  Great go make it happen. The goal is that they get it done (and it’s reasonable) – if they finish it before, great – that’s their bonus. Might not be perfect, but crazier things have been tried.

April 29, 2022

Greg Thomas

You Make the Team

A team is made of many people, but what matters, where the difference lies, is in what you bring to it. We forget to ask this question of ourselves, but when we do, when we do ask it, it almost always causes us to pause as we think of what it does the team needs from us – what can we contribute, how can we lead, what can we offer. And if you are leading the team, make sure your team is asking this not only of themselves but of each other. That’s how the team grows.

April 28, 2022

Greg Thomas

How to Hand-Off

I like to think of the old adage of hand-offs as being a very simple one. Imagine the person you are handing off your work to is you. How well will you write your comments? How much information will you fill out in the description of the story? Will you give them access to the information in the documents? How many barriers will you put in place? Start with what you want to receive, than make it better, set the standard for others to follow.

April 27, 2022

Greg Thomas

Asking the First Question

Someone has to. And it never goes away, there is always that first question beckoning at the back of our minds, yearning to get out, yet most of the time we hold it back and don’t even bother with it. We should let it out more often, because when we do, we feel instantly better for it.

April 26, 2022

Greg Thomas

How Many Bugs Make a Feature

Bugs become features, whether on purpose or by accident. Taken one by one you’ll fix the immediate issue, but if you’re not grouping them together, looking at the big picture, seeing if there is a feature hidden amongst all those issues. You’re doomed to fix them over and over and over again.

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