Articles for category: Delivery

January 21, 2019

Greg Thomas

Why Rustproof?

Rustproofing is a big thing in the winter in Canada. It’s a fact of life – many do it – in one for or the other – whether it’s full on rust proofing, a device on your car, weekly “rust proofing” washes or anything else – it’s a thing. This isn’t about which is better or picking one over the other. This is about the reasons and story we tell ourselves regarding why we do this. It’ll keep our vehicles looking better, longer. It’ll keep the value of my vehicle. It’ll keep my vehicle performing better, longer. Whatever it is,

January 18, 2019

Greg Thomas

Project ShoeHorn

Shoehorns are designed to help slide your foot into a tight shoe.  If interested, you can find out more on the history of Shoehorns here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoehorn). Essentially, they help with a snug fit between foot and shoe. Where Shoehorns do not work is getting a size 11 foot into a size 10 shoe. Not happening, not working, not worth the effort. So the question becomes – Are you trying to ShoeHorn a small Feature into that next release to make it more snug OR are you trying to ShoeHorn a new Feature with no requirements, no understanding and no resolve

January 17, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Delivery Champion

The Delivery Champion is the most important role on any project. They can change the direction of a project at a moment’s notice and keep the momentum going. They can assimilate new requirements from customers into existing features. They can smooth out critical paths to QA and identify ways to speed up testing. They make sure infrastructure is ready before it’s needed. They don’t simply download new SDKs, they read up on them to understand their impact. Buzzwords are used judiciously and not to play Bingo. In short, they do the Delivery work that needs to get done to make

January 16, 2019

Greg Thomas

The Morning Crew

The Morning Crew comes in every morning before everyone else, way before everyone else and they kick the day off. They get the engine humming, they light the fires, they turn on the heating, they put the coffee on. They start doing all these things for the team. Then they start going through last night’s issues with the build, responding to customer tickets, setting up the days events, figuring out what needs to be focused on for that day. They start doing all these things for the customer. The Morning Crew, kicks off the day, so when everyone else starts

January 15, 2019

Greg Thomas

To Get New Clients You Need

You need to have a party to get new clients. You need to bring in some food and drink and wow them with an impressive show. You need to bring in industry people to hob knob with and chat about trends and directions. You need to promote this event heavily and make sure people are coming. Or you could put all that time and energy into doing the work. Building the product. Putting it out there. Asking for feedback. Assisting your customers with trial setups. You could put the glitz and glamour aside and focus on doing the grunt work

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