Articles for category: Delivery

January 3, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Neverending Delivery

I have a project, it’s been going on for a few years – it’s filled with many doubts, unknowns and fear. Will it work or won’t it? Will it make sense or will it fail? What will it be in the end? At the end of 2018, I made the commitment to finish it in the first half of 2019 and let the chips fall where they may. Long deliveries are never easy, they go on forever and at some point, you just… need… to finish it.

January 2, 2019

Greg Thomas

Fit-Can-Gap

A fit gap analysis is a tool used to determine proper fit (i.e., is this a good idea) versus the gaps that exist (i.e., what will we have to do to meet our end goal). Two questions that should come out of every Fit Gap? One – Are we comparing for the correct fit? I.e., is that we are agreeing “fits” really what we want to fit? Just because a particular product can “do” something does that mean it does that thing the way we want to do? If the answer is no – the response is no fit and

January 1, 2019

Greg Thomas

Next Up!

Congrats on reaching the top of the mountain. You did it, maybe you had help, maybe you didn’t but you got there. You made it happen. The late nights, early mornings, long weekends, busted ideas, trying things over and over and over again. You did it. Now what’s next?

December 24, 2018

Greg Thomas

Before It Becomes a Problem

We all can see problems before they actually “become” a problem. We all see the signs and know where it is going to lead. But we all don’t do something, anything about it. It’s easier to not do something if the first person you talk to doesn’t listen. It’s easier to tell yourself it’s not a problem if the second person ignores you. It’s easier to sulk away when the third person laughs at you. It’s much harder to open the bug, do the work, check it in and not say word with the only customer appreciating your work.

Pressure for Nothing

We’ve all been on the highway, driving in our own lane, minding our own business making our way to our destination when all of a sudden we have someone come up from behind and start getting closer and closer. And from there the pressure starts to mount. To go a little faster. To look back and see what the other person is doing. To second guess ourself if we are doing anything wrong. To maybe be a little more careless with others as we try to satisfy that one person who is now “on us”. But is this person your