Scrum Masters Make People Out of Employees
04 Jan 2016 | Leadership
Scrum Masters are farmers whose seeds are employees and whose crops are people.
Articles on Engineering and Technical Leadership - page 24
Refactoring Makes You Happy! Do it!
22 Dec 2015 | Leadership
Every software developer and engineer I’ve ever worked with, myself included, has remarked at how romantic it is to do yard work.
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People and System Thinking
04 Nov 2015 | Leadership
I am a big believer in system thinking. This can be pretty simply defined as believing that people are doing the best that they can, and that the system they are required to operate in is what dictates the results. Another way of looking at it is realizing that if you put any person in the same situation in a given system, you will almost always get the same results.
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Freelancers, Contractors, and Agencies, Oh My!
27 Aug 2015 | Leadership
Lets go over some basics when working with software freelancers, contractors, and agencies. If you’re not new to software or these kinds of groups, this is probably going to be pretty pointless.