If you’re struggling with finding the inspiration to create the next amazing novel, piece of art or anything that will stand the test time. Pro Tip: It’s not going to come, regardless of the number of scented candles, sunsets and moco choco frapunchinos that you have beforehand. It’ll come when you sit down and do the work. The easiest way to sit down and do the work is to schedule into each and every day. That’s…
Being serious is pretty easy. I’ve worked on numerous projects with numerous clients who all thought their project was the most important. I’ve been in meetings where clients argued about whose project more important (neither was). I’ve had clients tell me that they were my most important client (they weren’t). In these moments of overt seriousness, I find it to be the best time to insert a joke about anything or everything. (Probably not about…
The Leader of the Stand-Up knows what everyone is doing before the call begins. Very simple, often ignored. Stand-Ups are not about what is in the queue or what is showing red on the Kanban board, it’s about what is coming next and what the team needs to be moving towards. A Stand-Up where everyone repeats what is currently in their task queue is a waste of a stand-up and an interruption to everyone’s deliverables.…
But we’re not ready for you. And therein died their new process they had put so much hope into. A member of the team had finished everything on their plate and was ready to take on more but the team and process let them down. So what did this person do all day? Browsed the internet? Maybe optimized some code? Read some articles? Most likely waited for the next day’s SCRUM where they got…
I think this is one of my favourite episodes to date, primarily because of the format. There was none. I had a question and in typical fashion, Colin and I spent our time going back and forth. If you’re confused about the usefulness of SCRUMS and where things with your SCRUM could be going wrong – this is the episode for you. As always, please rank, review and connect with us on Facebook! Download the latest…