Articles for category: Delivery

December 14, 2018

Greg Thomas

Who’s the Boss?

I don’t know if we ever found out? When this show was on, I can’t remember one person ever standing up and saying that “they were the boss and no one else is”? It made for great comedy but when you’re in a meeting and have a conversation that starts going down this path. Us: We’re implementing this new idea. Them: No you’re not, we haven’t approved it. Us: Oh, we did a demo, everyone liked the approach and the answers to their questions and we received approval to go ahead. Them: They cannot give you approval only we can.

December 12, 2018

Greg Thomas

Don’t Hold Back

The only person you hurt when you hold back on giving your best effort is you. If the team is not up to your level, you bring them up, otherwise you are letting them down. If your intensity and commitment is different than everyone else’s, you share that with the team so they know where you are coming from. If you see problems that they don’t, bring them up to speed, don’t wait for them to figure them out. But don’t Hold Back. Don’t hold back on your own Drive and Delivery just because someone else is.Let loose

December 11, 2018

Greg Thomas

Understanding Requirements

Of all my SlideShares, this one remains my favourite – “How to Write Great Requirements”. In the almost four years since I wrote it, we still haven’t got it right. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start.

December 7, 2018

Greg Thomas

Performance Tuning is an Art

It takes time, it takes patience, it needs a methodical approach to measure what is needed – it cannot be all point and click as fast as you can go and then say – “we’ve tested for performance”. If you’re getting started with implementing a Performance Strategy for the first time there are a few steps you can take before you even start coding that will help set yourself and your team up for success. Plan it Out – What does success look like?  What is a failure?  “It’s running slow is not a failure, it’s a symptom”.  The more

November 30, 2018

Greg Thomas

At Least I have Chicken

One of the greatest examples to highlight the need to stop talking and get walking. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t… but at the end of it… I hope you have some chicken.

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