How many wrong ways are there to do remote? So many. I don’t know if it has gotten worst or better. I miss the days of Remotely Prepared and all the conversations we had because I learned so much about what I should and should not be doing. I feel like we learned so much being in that bubble. And yet, I feel like we still have so much to learn. Like for instance -…
Except it doesn’t. Yes, you have worked so hard to get to where you are and what you are doing. Yes, you have put in all the extra effort, even that which wasn’t required of you. Yes, you have never given up in the face of adversity. And yes, you did it all because it all comes down to this moment. Except this moment didn’t go as planned, it didn’t work out the way you…
Seriously, you are. The work you know has to be done, the work that is getting closer and closer to being needed, you’re avoiding it. Fortunately, the options for what you should do with it next are pretty simple; Don’t do it, but instead of avoiding it, tell people you aren’t going to do it so they can plan for that work. Keep doing what you are doing and deal with the fallout when it…
So you had an idea and now it’s gone. You missed the window. You didn’t commit on time. You simply didn’t get it done and someone else did. Now you know for the next time.
You will feel the inevitable crunch of tasks as you work towards a release. Bugs will rise, stories will come back, and test cases will fail. The task crunch is on. This is where the leader steps in and sets the priority, sets the pace, and controls the crunch so that day in, day out, everyone knows what they are doing, they aren’t stressed, they aren’t worried, they are focused on what they need to…