Aim for evolvable
Make your work easy to change. Teach your people to make it easy to make changes to their work. They will not be able to… Read More »Aim for evolvable
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Some manual testing is necessary
Automate repeats and explore options manually. I went too far in the last post on automated testing. I was in a hurry to get it… Read More »Some manual testing is necessary
Solo work is slow work
Learn to collaborate instead of delegate for effective team work Students do lots and lots of solo work at university. This is to be expected.… Read More »Solo work is slow work
GitFlow is not the solution, use trunk-based development instead
Teaching people to use pull requests for development is a disservice. GitFlow is used by many in industry, and because of this is taught in… Read More »GitFlow is not the solution, use trunk-based development instead
AI is not the answer for team collaboration
Team collaboration is people talking to each other. Generative AI can speed up some aspects of individual work, but that has never been the part… Read More »AI is not the answer for team collaboration
Use the Diverge Converge Shuffle
Slow down your steps in decision making for more impact. Teams make decisions all of the time. Being more conscious of this, allows the team… Read More »Use the Diverge Converge Shuffle
Build patience within the team
You need to talk and listen to build a shared vision in collaboration It is good to talk. By talking and listening we explore and… Read More »Build patience within the team
Do the work together for the win
Working meetings are useful too Instead of a planning meeting, you might need a working meeting. Plan to meet and do the work together, then… Read More »Do the work together for the win
The Team Collaboration Canvas
Use a canvas to organise your collaboration. Most teams discuss their goals, and the work they want to do to achieve those goals. Fewer teams… Read More »The Team Collaboration Canvas
Teach people how to do quality work
Quality over quantity all the time in software. The tortoise beats the hare in the famous race. Zooming ahead and then going back to fix… Read More »Teach people how to do quality work