Blast Radius
09 Jun 2017
I finished my most recent coaching engagement three weeks ago. This team watched another one go through a transformation for the eight months prior.
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Fake Deadlines
22 May 2017
Last week, during stand up a manager that I’ve been working with said, out of the blue, that several work items now have a deadline of the next Wednesday. My ears perked up.
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What Happens After Standup?
30 Jan 2017
There is enough written about effective and more so ineffective stand-ups. This time I want to explore the idea of what happens after a stand-up is over.
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Unleashing Constraints
18 Jan 2017
Early in my career constraints were something that filled me with dread. They spoke only to what I could not do. They held me back. They left me bound and unable to see a path forward.
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Test or Die
28 Mar 2016
Testing software isn’t a new subject by any means, but that also doesn’t mean it’s well understood or easy to approach. If you’re starting a new project you have the benefit of only needing to test what you create, but if you have an established, legacy project you have the extra burden of trying to test the other interactions of code and system that already exist.
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Developers Working Late
18 Mar 2016
In my previous life as a developer, I would get asked to stay late and work. This happened for only two reasons: