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Do you know the problem you are solving?
Do you really understand the problem you are solving? Why do you suggest one or another solution?
View ArticleThoughts on Change
It’s a common perception that people do not change because they are lazy. I also tend to think like this when in a bad mood. But in reality it is because: there is a lack of clarity people wear...
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Plan Do Check Act cycle
We all know about Plan -> Do -> Check -> Act cycle. Link to Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDCA. One important thing is missing here from my point of view. There must be improvement...
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You don’t write better songs only because you have 1000 musicians
I have been reading a lot of news in lithuanian press recently that companies are planning to hire 150, 500, 1000 people in development during these year. This sounds very interesting. And we also have...
View ArticleCompany experience
I always have mixed feelings when i read on a company profile or website that company has X years of experience in something (technical, domain, whatever you can imagine). But what is company...
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Your team in 1 year
While I was in a ITSpring conference in Minsk I participated in interesting assignment during talk of startoplan.ru owners. This assignment again showed me the power of visualization. Assignment itself...
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Chaos Report, Agile and your company
I’ve never read Chaos Report before, but heard a lot about it. So decided to find out what it is all about. Not sure if this is THE one, but i managed to find document with word chaos in the title...
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Best answer when ask for estimates is NO
You’ve been a lot of times in a situation when you have a problem (or at least you think so), money to solve that and you ask someone for estimates to understand when you are going to get your...
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Team metrics: who and why needs them?
Why do I need metrics? I am not working very close with teams on daily basis recently and it’s not so easy to gather information in order to take actions or discuss priorities. But I need data to have...
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Do you need a meeting?
Do you also doubt that all your meetings are worth organizing? So, decide to remember how to write code and developed very simple (no difficult formulas, calculations and similar stuff, no fancy UI or...
View ArticleTao Te Ching
I’ve recently read one interesting book (short version) called “Tao Te Ching” a modern interpretation of Lao Tzu perpetrated by Ron Hogan. Download link is below. Decided to take out some quotes which...
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Why do we need a Scrum Master?
If you search Google you will easily find a description of the role and most probably you perfectly know it. But why there is still an open discussion takes place. Should a Scrum Master be the only...
View ArticleAgile Teamwork: Do you have a buddy?
Individuals can do great things, but two highly motivated peers can accomplish even more when they work together. Take a look at all heroes. They all have sidekicks! Here are several examples: Batman...
View ArticleYou don’t need a manager
Why? Because most probably he will: Work on processes, not on value creation Be responsible for a certain centralized function: IT, Dev, PMO, Process Improvement department; which is not valuable...
View ArticleQuestions with no answers
Here are some questions that keep bothering me: Do you need managers or management? Do you need testers or testing? Do you need technical writer or documentation? Do you need process or solution? Do...
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Peer to Peer feedback form
Most people hate giving feedback, me too. Giving feedback is difficult There are feedback forms with tons of generic questions that you have no idea how to answer You _forced_ to do it once per year...
View ArticleNoticing What YOU Notice
During a vacation i had a chance to read very interesting book – “Inner game of work” http://www.amazon.com/The-Inner-Game-Work-Workplace/dp/0375758178 I just want to share one part of the book, which...
View ArticleManagement gurus
There is huge amount of management crap nowadays: various books, theories, groups, associations, webinars and etc… But it seems that there are very interesting places where we can learn how to organize...
View ArticleHow to motivate people
Decided to put interesting thoughts that i am reading in different places for myself into a special section called “Good stuff library” 1. Analytical types want to know that a project is valuable,...
View Article2 seconds management kaizen
Huge improvements are difficult and require a lot of energy. But what simple things can be done? From now going to add everybody as optional into my meeting requests. Those who are interested will show...
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