Recently I wrote about the need to state the problem for any solution—that is, when proposing or discussing some kind of approach or thing to do, it’s really important to … Continue reading It’s good tactics to start with the goal
Stimulating disagreement produces better solutions
When I create workshops there is a type of activity that’s common to many of them, which is people writing ideas on sticky notes and then putting them into categories. … Continue reading Stimulating disagreement produces better solutions
The human bug report
The other day I was speaking to a friend about having conversations with colleauges when you’re unhappy with something they’ve done. It’s important to be clear, and it’s important be … Continue reading The human bug report
Editing down for clarity
While reading Kim Scott’s Radical Candor recently, I was struck by this (on page 93 of my paperback revised edition): The next time you spend 2 hours helping somebody edit … Continue reading Editing down for clarity
The show and tell hierarchy of needs
The sprint review, the sprint demo, the show and tell… that thing that happens at the end of each short iteration where we demonstrate our most recent work. Whatever we … Continue reading The show and tell hierarchy of needs
Listing pros and cons
Some time ago I wrote about Tom Gilb’s impact estimation tables. I tend to use them only for big design decisions, and yet for smaller decisions I’ve found I’ve adopted … Continue reading Listing pros and cons
Tweaking the variables of transparency
I’m a big fan of openness and transparency; hiding things creates extra work, and showing others what’s going on in our world can allow them to help us, or at … Continue reading Tweaking the variables of transparency
Expressing the results of a discovery exercise
A while back I wrote about how to conduct a discovery exercise in an incremental manner. This is where we have some idea of what we want to do but … Continue reading Expressing the results of a discovery exercise
State the problem for any solution
We often have good ideas about things to improve and how to improve them—introducing a new tool, changing the way we do something, adjusting a procedure, and so on. But … Continue reading State the problem for any solution
The morality of technology
Last week The Verge published an article about brewing discontent at Signal, the company behind the secure messaging app. The company doesn’t have plans in place for what happens if … Continue reading The morality of technology
