The first step in the build is the cockpit. This step took 10 hr 17 min. I broke the work into sections: ejection seats, consoles with cockpit frame, controls and instrument panels. All of the parts used in this step…
The Unicorn Project – Part 5
This week our book club talked about chapters 13-15. Chapter 13 We liked the notion of a “whitespace change” deployment, where you make a change to something trivial like adding extra line breaks, and get everything completely out the door….
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 7
Agile Is tasking developers with creating detailed estimates a waste of company money? (via LinkedIn) Project management techniques work best when the individual chunks of work are of known size and complexity. Having developers come up with estimates that are…
The Unicorn Project – Part 4
This week our book club talked about chapters 10-12. Chapter 10 The analogy to having multiple Hollywood screenwriters trying to smash all of their scripts together at the last minute with very little coordination seemed implausible to Geoff. However, Jameson…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 6
Agile How to Eradicate the Word Project (via Agile Amped) This was an interview with John Willis and Dominica DeGrandis; I don’t think the title is correct, as more discussion was had about making work visible. Here are a few…
RPM 85 Review
Here’s my quarterly RPM review post giving some details and thoughts about the 2020 Q1 release, RPM 85. I’ll start with my general thoughts for the release, and if you’re interested in a track-by-track breakdown, keep on reading. General thoughts…
The Unicorn Project – Part 3
This week our book club talked about chapters 7 through 9. Chapter 7 We liked the analogy of four strands of yarn being a simple system, yet once you braid those strands that system becomes “complected.” Being able to continually…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 5
Agile Rethinking Velocity (Part 1) (via Reid Evans) Velocity is a typical measure of how well a team is doing and how much work they can plan for. This post asks us to consider velocity is a vector that has…
The Unicorn Project – Part 2
This week our book club talked about chapters 4 through 6. Chapter 4 The Phoenix Project is launching anyway despite no one having confidence in any shape or form. There’s a serious lack of communication about how this should work,…
Professional Development – 2020 – Week 4
Agile Why Agile Methodologies Miss The Mark For AI & ML Projects (via Google News) The title is aligned with my current company and role — using machine learning in an Agile environment. I also pride myself in occasionally reading…