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December 2, 2020

Greg Thomas

Start Making Moves

Because no one is going to make them for you. I was in the middle of writing this article about what Great Teams Do and it struck me while writing it that the number one thing that they do – is Make Moves. They don’t get sidetracked. They don’t get stuck. They don’t wait for a status meeting. They don’t wait for bugs to be logged. They make moves. They get out in front of the bug reports. They follow-up before the meetings are made. They stay on point and focus on what is important. They Make Moves. Be a

December 1, 2020

Greg Thomas

The Features Your Customer Wants

There is always a trade-off between what your customer wants and what you are willing to give them. You want your product to always remain front and centre in their minds so they are always remembering to come back for upgrades, support, renewals and most of all – chatting it up with other people. I like WordPress, but the way plugin companies can now notify you of changes, updates, etc has become a horrific mess. Some of these notifications are quite huge, forcing you to scroll down to get to your own work and most don’t make sense or provide

November 30, 2020

Greg Thomas

It’s Rally Time

We rally when we’re down, when we’re weak, when we’re feeling kicked so hard that we can’t get up. We look for that “other” gear but can’t find it (where is it? No one knows?) And then you find it. You find it in the weirdest of places. It might be that bug that you’ve been holding onto, the two of you starting at each other from across your keyboard. It might be a User story no one wants to look at or a design problem you have been struggling with. Whatever it is, all it takes is one thing

November 29, 2020

Greg Thomas

Virtual Design

How are you designing solutions with your team these days? Are you designing solutions with your team? Or are you handing it off to them to and hoping they figure it out on their own? If you don’t have the latest or greatest you might need to start getting a little creative in what you do; Building a template in PowerPoint or even paint to get your point across. Augmenting your requirements with workflows to more clearly illustrate your point. Recording yourself trying to figure out the issue or having a demo break. Sharing the whiteboard in a meeting. Whatever

November 28, 2020

Greg Thomas

How are you Supporting your team?

It’s not a question you might have been asking yourself when you were leading your team when you were elbow to elbow with each other. But now things have changed and now you need to find ways to ensure that you are supporting your team without making yourself the micro-manager from planet “I don’t trust you.” How not to support your team Force them to have a stand-up when you sign on in the morning. Force them to have a follow-up at the end of the day. Ask for daily updates on what they are doing. Monitor their activity by