Agile What are Systems of Delivery and Systems of Transformation – And Why Do You Need Both? (via Leading Agile) Systems of delivery are Agile processes (e.g., Kanban, Scrum, SAFe) that help you see what’s working and not working. That…
Making Work Visible – Part 5
This week we talked about exposing unplanned work and prioritizing work. The Perfect Crime: Unplanned Work Find a system of tracking every time you get interrupted. This could be putting a sticky note on the board for every task you…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 49
Business Three Ways to Be a More Effective Fundraiser (via TED) The entire video is full of tips on how to fund what’s important to you, and helping to reframe the conversations and your role in them. Understand your feelings…
Making Work Visible – Part 4
This week we talked about ambushing the problem of too much WIP and exposing dependencies. Ambush the Ringleader We spent a fair amount of discussion around the value of swimlanes on a kanban board. All of us have used the…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 48
Business Why Google’s Move into Patient Information Is a Big Deal (via Harvard Business Review) There’s too much patient data and medical knowledge/research to keep up with, so Ascension is partnering with someone who has the IT and machine learning…
Summary: The Manager’s Path
A colleague gave me this book earlier this year (2019), and it’s been on my to-read list since June 2017. I read it cover-to-cover, then went back to compile all of my margin notes and underlined parts. The latter part…
Making Work Visible – Part 3
This week we talked about the last thief of time (neglected work) and exposing time theft using a kanban board. Thief of Time: Neglected Work Zombie projects (not dead, but not getting attention either) are like old servers. The person…
Professional Development – 2019 – Week 47
Business Why So Many CEOs Don’t Realize They’ve Got a Bad Jobs Problem (via Harvard Business Review) They’re benchmarking against other poor performers (instead of looking at leaders) They aren’t looking at the right data They’re out of touch with…
Conference Talk Abstract Submission: A Reviewer’s Perspective
I had my first opportunity to review session abstracts for a regional tech conference (CodeStock), and I learned some things I’d like to share. Hopefully my suggestions will help people improve the likelihood of having their sessions accepted. Given the…
Making Work Visible – Part 2
This week we talked about three other thieves of time: unknown dependencies, unplanned work, and conflicting priorities. Thief of Time: Unknown Dependencies Dependencies can be architecture, expertise, or sequential activities. If you’re the only skillset expert, you are a bottleneck….