23
Jun
Focus is one of the superpowers a product team must have to build great stuff. It's the ability to say Yes to whatever gets you closer to your goal...
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Tech needs better leaders
11
Jun
Picking up sports when you're out of shape is uncomfortable. You really don't want to be the old guy with the beer belly in the gym. You don't want to...
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02
Jun
A new project starts with a slide deck. We'll think about the details of our problem, come up with a solution and present a high-level plan. The board agrees and...
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07
May
If you're in the corporate software development space, you've heard about the Hertz / Accenture lawsuit. It's an Enterprise-class nightmare where more than 30 million dollars were burned on a...
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20
Apr
Software engineers learn early on that building stuff means taking little steps at a time. Once you get into the profession, that means tickets. Whether you're doing Scrum or Kanban,...
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18
Mar
If there is one thing I wish this industry would understand better, it’s the cost of adding complexity. We train our analysts to describe what to build. We teach our...
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04
Mar
Agile is not a religious cult. We don't have High Priests that preach our dogmas. We don't quote wisdom from books that everyone pretends to have read. To become one of...
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16
Feb
Large enterprises are unwieldy. Their people might be competent and their visions might be sound, but turning around the proverbial tanker takes time. Libraries have been written about change management and...
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28
Jan
When training for any sport, consistency is key. Amateur judoka will count their wins. Professionals will focus rigorously on their technique. A beginning football player goes home disappointed that he didn't...
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19
Jan
Waterfall teams that finally get some customer feedback are usually in for a rude awakening. All of a sudden, people start to complain. Quality is low and the scope is...
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