March 6, 2024
I have notebooks, probably too many of them, but I have lots. And I have a laptop. I write as much as I can, wherever I can. Sometimes it’s garbage (actually a good part of the time). Sometimes it’s great (I have my moments). But it’s always a great feeling when I do. It’s a cathartic release and worth every sometimes painful keystroke.
March 5, 2024
I wrote this article originally on Medium – Team Leads vs Technical Leads – and have been stumped figuring out a follow-up for it. When I wrote it, it drove me home because I see so many developers stuck between being a Team vs a Technical Lead – thinking if they go one way, they close the door on the other role forever – which is furthest from the truth. If anything, it will make you better in the latter, knowing what the other one does.
February 29, 2024
If you have invited 10 people to your meeting and they are all contributing and generating value for each other, your meeting is a perfect size. If the same occurs with 25, 50, or 100 people, then your meeting is a perfect size. They all don’t need to be talking, but they need to be contributing value to your meeting. The value of meetings is not limited by people, but by their contributions to what is happening.
February 28, 2024
No matter how many teams, no matter how many boards at some point you are going to need one, masterful backlog to rule them all. You’ll need a roll-up, THE roll-up that will signify what everyone in your team is doing. This view isn’t for everyone and it won’t be broken out by sprints (they might be listed and each group might have its own) but invariably they will be listed by resource. And that’s the role of the “Big Bad Backlog for All” – what is everyone on my team doing across their project so I can make sure
February 26, 2024
But does the band ever want to get back together? Sure maybe it worked for a reunion gig where everyone rejoiced at the good old days. But could they do it again? Do they want to do it again? Bands do get back together, they do succeed when they get back together, but only when they are willing to try something new, only when they are willing to let go of what they accomplished before and what they can instead be accomplishing now.
