How fast is the system? How many hours did you work? How many bugs are still open? How long is the Sprint? When can we ship? How many tickets are closed? How many users can we handle? It’s all a numbers game, the value, your value, is providing the context around those numbers so the numbers are not taken at face value for what they are outside of what you are doing. And if your…
I can get into the coding zone. I can get into the coaching zone. I can get into the process delivery zone. But man, getting into that creative zone, especially when I’m tired, had a long day, and my mind is filled with questions – that takes work. Odd that it takes work to get into a zone where I can be creative and do something different. If your team is struggling to get into…
Building a Great Team is about finding complementary pieces that make your group stronger than if they were alone. You don’t need 4 full-stack developers, you need two front-end, a middle, and a back-end developer – and you don’t need to full those requirements with four AIs hoping they crank out something that is amazing. Maybe not that precise mix but you get the idea, you don’t need drones, you need people, and you need…
At some point in a project, sprint, release, etc we have the process for what we are delivering mapped in our head and we are grinding on it. We are tweaking as we go and it might not be perfect but it’s what we’re doing to get things out the door. We are under pressure, overwhelmed, and trying to keep everything together on a shoestring to get it out the door. As much as small…
Yes, your release is late. Yes, the bugs are piling up. Yes, you have code that needs to go out the door. Yes, your chats are blowing up with everyone and anyone messaging you. Getting angry, chippy, or frustrated doesn’t help the problem and doesn’t help your team. Be the calm within the storm. The release will go out, the more bugs that are found the better the quality, your code will see the light…