November 1, 2021
The blocked state is the one and only state that everyone looks at. Because they know it’s bad. They know something is wrong. They know something is broken. But they don’t know what, so they ask questions. They seek to learn more. They want to understand and talk about. Too bad we don’t talk about all states this way, but we’ll start with blocked.
October 31, 2021
If you’re looking for a way to slow down your team. Have them switch between delivery work and anything else. Have them come to meetings they don’t need to be at. Have them switch between different technology platforms for communications. Give them unclear guidance on what to do. Leave “things” up to them but don’t outline your expectations. It sounds like things we shouldn’t be doing, but we do them all the time, even though we know the result.
October 28, 2021
What’s the difference? Ready means it’s ready for someone to look at and see what it looks like. Done means no one needs to look at it. One involves testing, the other states that testing has been completed. If your team doesn’t know the difference, it could be your biggest problem in knowing what is complete.
October 26, 2021
If you want to have good results from a meeting, you need to put the good preparation into one to make it a success. And this goes for everyone in the meeting – presenter, attendees, listeners – if any of those people don’t come prepared for the meeting – there is no point in them attending. What’s the first ingredient that goes into a good meeting? People.
October 25, 2021
Chasing stats is a good short-term victory. It means changing what you do and what you care about to get some quick wins. It means redirecting people and resources to achieve those quick points that put a win in the column. The problem is, if you keep chasing stats in the short-term, your long-term strategy starts to fall apart, it starts to fail and break simply because you don’t have one. You’ve been too busy chasing stats and wins and missed the bigger picture.
