Articles for category: Delivery

February 12, 2019

Greg Thomas

Pick One Change

If you are looking to go to the cloud. I mean really go to the cloud, not simply hosting a bunch of VMs in the cloud. Make a small change today to get there. Start deploying test services in the cloud. Don’t deploy anything that requires a local database. Don’t create local virtual machines to work on projects. Start using GIT or TFS Online (or both). Transition from local development, to 100% online. And if you’re not looking to go the cloud, take your big thing that you want to change in yourself. Training yourself to run a marathon. Building

February 11, 2019

Greg Thomas

Go Winter Camping

At least once in your life. Prepare for it with warm clothing, get a tent, figure out what you’re going to eat (I recommend maximum prep and limited cook time – simple is good), bring a friend (and plenty of fire wood along for the ride). Don’t check the weather in advance. It will be cold. It might be wet. It will be cold. Possibly very windy. And a sled, make sure you have a sled to drag things around in. You’ll most likely wake-up to a frozen-from-within tent and ice on your sleeping bag. This is good – that

February 5, 2019

Greg Thomas

I Don’t have an Answer, I have a Plan

How many times have you wanted to have the quick, immediate answer to a question in your head? The quick snappy comeback that people walk away thinking – “okay, I see how this is”. We don’t always have it, we can’t always have it. But if you don’t have it, you could shoot back with one that will make people pause and waiting to hear more. “I have a plan” Now people are listening, now they want to hear more, now they want to know what you are talking about. Now they are ready to wait. Not everyone is quick

January 28, 2019

Greg Thomas

Why Remote Collaboration is Still Broken

Everyone wants to work remotely. Everyone thinks it’s a great idea to have people work remotely. But at the first sign of trouble or discord – first item on the list to get blamed – is working remotely. The big problem with remote work today is it sounds really, really cool – working from the local java shop, watching my kids do sports while hammering out some emails, coding in a restaurant or in a plane terminal – that is some very, very cool remote work locations. But is work getting done? If you’re the Team Lead looking to setup

January 25, 2019

Greg Thomas

Your First Project Meeting

New Team? New Project? New Idea? If you want to get things started on the right foot and moving in the direction you need them to here is what you need for that initial Kick-Off Meeting. What’s the project about? What’s your current plan? What’s the current state of everything?  Technology, Requirements, Customers? What are the big risks you see to date? Where do you want the team to focus on now? What’s next? If you don’t have that information at hand, don’t hold the meeting, you’re not ready, the project isn’t ready, it’s not worth it. In walking through

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