Sprints are built around a release and go iteration by iteration, they have goals, they have plans and they have a direction. But sometimes you need a much more focused sprint, around a problem, around an initiative, where it’s not just about the user stories and the tasks to be done, it’s about what you need to accomplish. The focused sprint isn’t about the release and the delivery, it’s about the thing you need to…
Whether it’s real or manufactured, the time crunch is inevitable. There are only so many hours left to get something done. Time is finite, the crunch occurs because time is finite, if time were not limited, there would be no crunch. The hard decisions then become determining what can be done in the crunch – no one wants to make these decisions because that means something won’t get done. But that’s what a Leader has…
Even when you screw up. Even when you have to read the documentation again. Even when it doesn’t make sense. Even when you are sore and beat down. Even when you aren’t sure where to start next. Keep. Showing. Up.
I’ve held off on adding new categories to my posts for a while now as I generally think what you do comes down to behaviors of work that you do, but I know I’ve been writing about different areas of work that I’d like to bring more to the forefront and I’m also looking to change some of the content that I’ll be writing about. You’ll start seeing new categories such as Team (for remote,…
The event to get organized is the most exciting event because you’re not really doing anything, you’re organizing the things that will happen. It’s the plan for the plan with a splash of optimism and hope because everything is possible. But like any party, it’s the after-party that’s the big show, and that’s when it gets interesting because that’s when you start to look at how to implement what you came up with in the…