November 17, 2020
Everyone hears it. It swells up in all of us. It stays with us for days after it is announced. And it is our job to keep that feeling going for weeks and weeks after it happens. That is how important it is.
November 16, 2020
Yes, we all have remote fatigue. But remember the excitement you had the first time you started up ICQ with this incredibly simple username that was easy to remember that you then used to login and connect with people not only in your office but remotely? I remember the first time I could chat at my desk with my wife at work using GTalk. Maybe what you don’t need is the latest, fanciest and greatest tool for your team so they can have high-def video. Maybe what you need to do is recapture the excitement and fun of being remote.
November 15, 2020
I thought One-On-Ones were this secret tool that I had in my toolbelt that no one knew about. Turns out, many of us know about them. But sometimes they are a mess. And they are definitely something that can take a while to master. And doing them remotely is an added complication that you might not have seen coming. That’s okay, the good stuff is always hard to do. Here is the full episode here on Remotely Prepared.
November 14, 2020
This is the question that many of us can’t answer. What do we actually want? We look at user stories and features, what is in the backlog, what was discussed in a meeting and we assume that is “what the user wants”. But it really isn’t. How many times have you built something, thinking it was the right thing to build only to have an end user go – “that’s not what I was looking for.” It’s not until that you ask someone – “What do you want?” – that you get the answer you need, unencumbered by technology, domain
November 13, 2020
The word alone raises images of bureaucracy, slowed down deliverables, and processes that seek to create more processes. Let’s not even get into committees that report to commitees. The thing with committees, is they are safe. But change that membership name to a group and it becomes something different. The people involved are engaged, eager to work with each other and they have a common goal in mind. Change it to a team and it becomes something even stronger – the members have worked with each other before, they know who does what on the team and where they need
