Articles for category: Delivery

April 18, 2021

Greg Thomas

Form vs Function

My level of anxiety, worry, spidey sense and big flashing red alarm warnings starts going off when I’m in the midst of a heavy presentation only to have someone at the back ask the following question. “Is this the right template that we should be using?” At that point, I want to stop presenting and look around the room to get a feel for what is being said. Is the “beauty and prettiness” of what is being presented more valuable than the function of what is actually being presented. If everything else being presented was garbage would we be just

April 14, 2021

Greg Thomas

It Gets Better…

When you’re honest. When you tell it like it is. When you don’t sugarcoat it. When you’re upfront. When you don’t speak in hushed tones or backrooms. When the answers are clear and concise. And most importantly, when you say – “I don’t know.” Those three words are the starting point to making anything better because then you know where you stand, where your team stands and what you need to do move forward. Before that though, it’s all words.

April 11, 2021

Greg Thomas

Where it gets Interesting…

You know the part of the problem I’m talking about. The moment where it all becomes clear, when what you need to do is in front of you and you know what the next steps are to solve it. That AHA or Eureka moment, whatever it is that you would like to call it. It’s that moment where you have a clear understanding of what is to be solved while also understanding the entire workload that must be completed to deliver it while at the same time understanding you don’t have enough time to get it all done. That’s the

April 7, 2021

Greg Thomas

Come on Up to the Bug Bar

The Bugs are plentiful and they are all free. Stay until the wee hours when the critical bugs come out. No, not that kind of a bar, more like a level, more like your hand where you are drawing a line in the sand and saying – “this is how far we’ll go until we get into trouble”. The problem with a bug bar, is no one wants to admit when they are almost in trouble, when things are getting dicey, when hard decisions have to be made. It’s easier to close your eyes, let the pile grow and then

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