Articles for category: Delivery

September 8, 2021

Greg Thomas

Understanding the Delivery Context

There are two things you are always delivering; The work. The work within the context. We often forget the latter and focus on the former – “yes, that sign-up feature will be available for all new users who don’t exist in our system” – and what about the ones who already exist in the system? Better yet – delivering an app (of any kind) for a bank comes with it a whole set of rules, patterns and practices that would likely not exist for other industries. Context is everything. If you don’t know the context of what you are delivering

September 7, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Training Queue

Yes, I have a queue of training programs in my Udemy account and other places. Yes, I am behind. Yes, I am trying to chip away at that pile. Yes, I bought a bunch of them on sale. Yes, I was full of heart and ambition when I purchased them thinking I could do it all in two weeks. And Yes, I will get them. But that’s the beauty of a queue, you know what’s up next and can have something to look forward to, no matter how long it takes to get there. It used to be you had

September 3, 2021

Greg Thomas

Trust Your Team

Your team will have new ideas. They will tweak processes. They will come up with new designs, patterns, and practices. They will have a thought and want to run with it. And through it all, they will look to you to trust them. They will start with you, their manager, looking for that trust. And if they can get that trust from you, whatever they will implement will be that much better than if they hadn’t had your trust, to begin with. Give them the trust they need to grow and you’ll be blown away by what they come up

September 2, 2021

Greg Thomas

The Developer Elevator Pitch

If you can’t explain where you are, no matter your role, in your current release in less than a minute. Then you don’t know where you are. And that should make you wonder what you don’t know.

August 30, 2021

Greg Thomas

Estimation Expectations

We use estimations to determine when we are delivering work, what needs to be done, and why. What often gets missed is understanding what the expectations are for the estimations that are being given. What is it exactly that people are looking for? (And why?) A few answers; How well do you understand the problem? How confident are you in what you are delivering? Are you building the right thing? Have you thought of “other stuff”? Who needs to see this estimate? Why do they need to see it? Does this line up with what is being asked? You’ll never

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