This book was recommended to me by Jamie Phillips. Given my role as an Agile subject matter expert at Lirio, reading this book is part of my self-guided professional development. For a chapter-by-chapter summary and relevant quotations I highlighted while…
Radical Candor – Part 17
This week we discussed the afterword entitled “Rolling Out Radical Candor.” You “Much is written about self-awareness — the ability to recognize your own strengths and weaknesses. There’s less written about relational awareness — the impact you’re having on others.”…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 41
Agile Are We Really Bad at Estimating? (via Mountain Goat Software) We’re good at estimating tasks we’re familiar with (e.g., commuting, cleaning the house). Suppose a project will take 1000 hours, but you won’t know that until the project is…
Radical Candor – Part 16
This week we finished Chapter 8 (Results). There are ten sections: 1:1 conversations, staff meetings, think time, “big debate” meetings, “big decision” meetings, all-hands meetings, meeting-free zones, Kanban boards, walk around, be conscious of culture. “Big Debate” Meetings “Lower the…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 40
Agile 9 Things Wildly Successful Agile Coaches Do (via Agile Amped) Agile Coaching Exchange (ACE) in North America is an organization with an intent to bring coaches together around the mission of building competency and community — http://agilecoachingexchange.com/ (The guest,…
Radical Candor – Part 15
This week we started Chapter 8 (Results). There are ten sections: 1:1 conversations, staff meetings, think time, “big debate” meetings, “big decision” meetings, all-hands meetings, meeting-free zones, Kanban boards, walk around, be conscious of culture. We covered 1:1 conversations, staff…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 39
Agile Estimates Are Non-Transferrable (via Steve Smith) There are so many factors that go into determining an estimate, including who will actually be doing the work. This article supports that arguments with some examples, and a list of things to…
Radical Candor – Part 14
This week we finished Chapter 7 (team). Formatting note: I’m trying to strike a balance of codifying the useful tips the book covers, but we as a group skip because we don’t have anything noteworthy. Sentences in italics are those…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 38
Agile Emerging From Crisis By Putting People Above Profits (via Agile Amped) With recent COVID-19 layoffs, Vaco partnered with GiveCamp Memphis to help charities that can’t do various tech things on their own. They paired people impacted by COVID-19 to…
Thoughts: The Social Dilemma
I recently had a conversation with Emily Moses, and she recommended I watch The Social Dilemma so that we could later have a conversation about it. Although the running time is about ninety minutes, it took me nearly three hours…