May 15, 2022
Where to Start
Anywhere. But Start. The more you think about starting, the less you are going to do it. It’s as simple as that.
Month: May 2022
May 14, 2022
Options Analysis
When doing an Options Analysis of a variety of solutions, it’s imperative that before you start, everyone agrees on what options you are looking at. If you don’t, the road ahead will be much harder than if they all agreed to what you were looking at ahead of time. Save yourself the pain, if needs be, and break it out into two different discussions – what the options are and what the analysis is.
May 13, 2022
How to Triage
Triaging bugs isn’t the easiest thing in the world – we all have different views of Priority and Severity and of course, there are always exceptions. And the exceptions will kill you and lock you into endless debates of what-ifs. But if you think about the way triage works outside of software (where it originally originated) the goal has never been to make a perfect delivery system, the goal is to get the patient (our bugs) to the best place possible and take action from there. If they need to move around after that (an incorrect triage), it doesn’t mean
May 12, 2022
Do you want to Brainstorm?
You assume that when everyone arrives at the “Brainstorming” session that of course, they are all ready to “Brainstorm”. All ready to hear each other’s opinions. All ready to work together and bat around ideas. But it’s not always the case at which point you need to reiterate the goals of the session, why you are there, what you hope to achieve and what the end goal is moving forward.
May 11, 2022
Who Leads the Team?
Everyone does. Perhaps not all at once, perhaps there is a more present leader than others. But everyone on your team leads.