Articles for category: Initiative

June 3, 2024

Greg Thomas

If it’s not Agile, then what?

Been reading some articles that Agile is on its way out – Oh no! Time for a new methodology to come in and replace what we’re doing (perhaps we can hand it off to AI). Agile is a Framework, Waterfall is a Framework, and everything other methodology you use is a Framework – when you put them together, you the Lead Developer, Manager, etc. – they become a methodology. Rarely have I seen someone follow Agile to the letter, but most follow tenets of Agile that has improved what they do. Take from whatever Framework works for you and your

May 24, 2024

Greg Thomas

Clarity and Methodologies Still Elude Us

“We don’t do it that way.” “We don’t need all that.” “We’re doing just fine.” “We’ll figure it out when we get there.” “We’re switching gears to this, forget what we said.” These are all signs of a delivery system that is tilting on the rails, about to careen.

May 23, 2024

Greg Thomas

The Wheel doesn’t Need to be Reinvented

Doing everything differently for every project isn’t going to help you move faster. Redefining your methodology during a project is never going to work, that’s an outside-of-project task when no project will be affected. Tweaks are good, but changes are not good. Tweaks – “Let’s log these types of issues as bugs instead of tasks” Changes – “Let’s stop using sub-tasks and stories and go to epics and tasks” Your methodology might not do one thing, it doesn’t mean you need to throw it out.

May 21, 2024

Greg Thomas

It’s Incredibly Tough

How this has become a meme of late is pretty funny, but it’s absolutely true and applies to everything. Whatever you do will be difficult, it will be tough, it won’t be easy, it might look easy, but it won’t be. But nothing in life worth doing is easy, if it was easy, we’d all be doing it.

May 20, 2024

Greg Thomas

Commitment to the Idea

The first thing everyone wants to do when the idea goes sideways is to change. Do something different. Throw it all out. Start over. Give up. The moment those thoughts enter your mind, that is the first test of the idea’s strength, can it stand the test of being kicked, can it get knocked down and stand back up again, can it rise up. Don’t stop at the first sign of distress, this is the proving moment your idea has been begging for – put me to the test, break me, make me stronger.

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