Geoff Mazeroff

Agile Iteration Planning We’re trying to establish sizes of stories, so I wanted to see what SAFe prescribes. Story points are mentioned, but it seems like you could use whatever unit you wanted — hours, points, etc. — so long…

Agile Modernization Case Study at CSG (via Agile Amped) It’s risky to go dark for 18 months and $100M to modernize Take a piece of the system over time using version control, infra automation, testing, CI, feature flags, code porting,…

Career Don’t Quit Until You Ask Yourself These Questions (via Lifehacker) What aspect of this situation is making me want to quit? What’s the problem here? Can I fix the problem? If I can’t fix the problem, will it improve…

Career What Happens When Your Career Becomes Your Whole Identity (via Harvard Business Review) Things that lead to enmeshment of your identity with your career are (1) being rewarded for working longer hours, (2) career achievements are highly values in…

Agile What I Want for an Agile Christmas (via Mountain Goat Software) From the Scrum master… more focus on principles and values instead of prescriptive rules; sell the idea instead of telling people what to do From the product owner……

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…

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…

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…

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…

Business Is China Actually Stealing American Jobs and Wealth? (via Harvard Business Review) No. This article reviewed the data for purchasing power, unemployment, bribery, piracy rates, and patent claims. Why Is Every Streaming Service Using the Same Pricing Model? (via…