Agile Half Agile Ain’t Agile (via Leading Agile) Most companies “implement” Agile on the execution side (i.e., far-right) where the software is developed. Agile applies on the strategy side as well: “The ability to produce better business outcomes by connecting…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 18
Danish at gå ud fra — to assume; lit: to go out from kragetæer — chicken scratch (writing that’s difficult to read); lit: crow’s feet at høre hjemme — to belong; lit: to hear home Ethics Case Study: Protect Yourself…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 17
Communication How to talk about climate change so people actually care (via TED) Use plain, obvious, neutral language so that people understand. Ex: pollution blanket instead of climate change. Focus on the individuals, not the issues. “Awakenings are personal, locally…
Summary: A World without Email
Many of my professional connections had been talking about this book, and a former colleague was a champion of the concepts presented in Deep Work (also by Cal Newport). Given my role as an Agile subject matter expert at Lirio,…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 16
Business Don’t Hire Top Talent; Hire for Weaknesses. (via Software Lead Weekly) This post had a thorough set of descriptions to differentiate the talent mindset from the weakness mindset. Why you should invest in undervalued people (via Software Lead Weekly)…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 15
Business Research: How to Get Better at Killing Bad Projects (via Harvard Business Review) Many of the stage gates (i.e., no/no-go decisions) may have information that’s unavailable or unreliable. Instead watch the market in which the assumptions rose to bring…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 14
Agile Top-10 Objectives for Agile Coaches (via Marten den Haring) This post has some connections to some very deep topics, especially around organizational structure and culture. I’ve added Laloux’s book to my to-read list. Some areas I’ll be focusing on…
Working Effectively with Legacy Code – Part 2
This week we covered chapters three and four — Sensing and Separation and The Seam Model — of Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers. Sensing and Separation This statement strongly resonated with Houston: “One of the big problems…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 13
Business How to Shift from Selling Products to Selling Services (via Harvard Business Review) You can’t just sell a three-year license of a software product and leave them alone. SaaS typically works by billing for consumption, like water and electricity…
Professional Development – 2021 – Week 12
Agile Summary: The Agile Coaching DNA This book was part of my professional development as an Agile coach. This book walks around the landscape of Agile coaching, why it exists, and whom it serves. It’s full of activities any coach…