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
Embedding apprecation
We may claim our organisation has a culture of this or that, but how can we be confident? What is the tangible evidence? Our organisational culture is a mix of … Continue reading Embedding apprecation
Creating guidelines using reverse engineering
Quite often I have to write down rules or guidelines about what’s considered acceptable for some situation. These might be bullet points in a job advert (characteristics we want candidates … Continue reading Creating guidelines using reverse engineering
Supporting difficult conversations
A couple of years ago a colleague sat me down to have a “difficult conversation”. He was unhappy with something I was doing, and wanted to tell me about it. … Continue reading Supporting difficult conversations
Determining success criteria
I used to work with a content production team. Every day they would write and source various articles, and every day they would publish a good deal of material. Then … Continue reading Determining success criteria
