I have my favourite tools to do building projects with. I don’t even know if I always need them, but when starting a new project, I always bring them. And eventually, I need them. They are the old stalwarts that never fail. Similarly, the tools I write and code with don’t change much anymore. I’ve tried a variety of tools but they generally all come back to the same ones. I drift back because they…
The only answer to the statement – “It’s not the way that I would do it.” – is “then how would you do it?” If the answer is not forthcoming immediately, or in the similar amount of time that it took for you to come up with the approach, then the statement is invalid. If you make that statement, you should have a clear picture of how you would do it. The answer to -…
When you’re building a house, you can’t change everything as you’re building it. You can’t just start adding rooms without having a foundation to support them. Once the plumbing is installed, you can’t move toilets and showers, and bathrooms altogether. If you started off with a 3 bedroom plan, going to 5 is going to be a challenge to build something with all the same amenities. That’s how it is, you have a plan, a path,…
Developers should be writing code in the current sprint. QA should be validating the code completed in the last sprint and/or bug fixes found in the current sprint. Product Management should be finalizing/confirming requirements for the upcoming sprint and answering questions for this sprint. Only take on what you can do “-1” – the “-1” being something is always going to go wrong, so cramming in your delivery to your topmost capacity is a surefire…
Why are you attending meetings you don’t value or get anything out of? If you don’t value it, if you don’t provide any value to it is it worth your time? It’s not a bad thing to say you are not contributing to a meeting and leave? That’s not being bad, that’s being upfront, and that’s showing that you care about your time and what you do. Meetings don’t need 11 decision-makers in them, and…