Do your teams use the term “done”. Does it mean something? Does capital “D” (Done) mean more than small “d” (done)? Or do you use the dreaded (done-done-done) to indicate “done”? Here at GHQ, we have actually uncovered 3 states of “done-ness” on our Agile projects: Rare, Medium, and Well-Done. I’ve noticed that without exception, […]
In a recent session with my Ironman coach, we got on the topic of how she and her husband were building their business, how coaching is a very individualized endeavor and how it doesn’t necessarily “scale”. I didn’t have much insight at the time related to her comment, but it made sense. She and her […]
I was speaking to one of the guys on the team yesterday and discussing what I might propose for the Agile 2010 conference. (I gotta tell you, I’m somehow worried about what I might propose as I always feel that people who would be going to a conference, and paying good money to boot, won’t […]
I want to test a theory. How many people are “not the same person” you are at work as you are when you are at home with your loved ones? The reason I ask is that my wife, for some time now, cringes every time I talk about “hyper-productivity”, “efficiency”, and “flow” related to development […]