Articles for category: Delivery

May 6, 2020

Greg Thomas

Planning in Agile

It’s a good idea to plan what you are going to deliver in a release. It’s a great idea to outline when you are going to start these features in your sprint cycles to give people an idea of when work will start. Not working with a new API from that group until Sprint 4? No need to ask questions about it in Sprint 3. Working this way has the benefit of taking the stress and load off your team as they are not worrying about everything being on fire and starting on the same day. They can focus on

Platforms Go Boink

When there is seven different ways to accomplish the one task you are trying to do and none of the people that build the platform, sell the platform, develop the platform, deploy the platform, test the platform or even manage the platform know which option is the best? Boink.

April 27, 2020

Greg Thomas

We Can Code Anything

Guess What? We can code it all. You might be surprised, but you shouldn’t be. Anything you can come up with, we can figure out a way to build it. It might not look like what you want, it might be a little different based on what we can do. But I guarantee we can code anything you come up with. Depending on how far-fetched it is, it might take some mass amounts of wealth and time to get it done, but it can be done. When building a new application, start your requirements with that level of confidence –

New Perks

Isn’t how it is going to go this week. You are going to need to up your game to show your team how well they are doing and how much they are valued. The old perks are gone while we all work remote and in there lies an opportunity to develop a new set of perks for your team that will show you how much you appreciate them. The problem for many, is that these new perks are steeped in authenticity, trust, appreciation, honesty and humbleness. They are not easy to come by and much harder to display then say

What Matters Most in your Team

Well if you didn’t know before, I’m sure you’re figuring it out right now. The leader that is focused on their team isn’t being drawn into worthless debates and discussions that are distractions to what is really going. The leader that is focused on their team wants to make sure the team is good to go before the next release is. The leader that is focused on their team is thinking about next week when the new week starts so they can provide the environment their team needs to thrive. The leader that is focused on their team recognizes that