Aim to build quality into your work
Put the effort in the process, so there is less need for quality control later. Part of the goal with the collaboration rules is to… Read More »Aim to build quality into your work
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Teach People to Build Insight Tools
Create tools for windows into your app. When people are building applications there are various ways of getting information about the process, or state of… Read More »Teach People to Build Insight Tools
The team improves with pauses
Use retrospectives to improve how you do the work together. Teams want to keep moving forward with their work. Pausing feels counterintuitive: why stop, even… Read More »The team improves with pauses
Up-skilling team members reduces risks
Spreading knowledge to improve skills removes silos, which helps the team Risks come in all shapes and sizes in software development. Some are obvious, like… Read More »Up-skilling team members reduces risks
Time organisational activities to your context
Meet as frequently as you need to based on your deadlines. Each software engineering project is unique. The team is a collection of individuals, who… Read More »Time organisational activities to your context
Collaboration works better when we’re humble
People collaborate better when they recognise their faults. Working on your own is one way to develop an application. This will always take longer than… Read More »Collaboration works better when we’re humble
Working in the open eases collaboration
It is easier to collaborate when people know what other team members are doing. Bob is on a team. He’s busy working on his tasks.… Read More »Working in the open eases collaboration
Make your teams diverse
Diversity is a superpower that all teams should use. Teams where everyone thinks the same are useful in some ways, but more stuck in others.… Read More »Make your teams diverse
Always be collaborating if possible
Yes, it can be hard to teach this, but it helps people go much further in life. I’ve been doing some larger work on my… Read More »Always be collaborating if possible
Surprise solutions that ‘works on my machine’ are not enough
You need to make it easy for your work to work on other people’s machines too. Some teams have members who race ahead of the… Read More »Surprise solutions that ‘works on my machine’ are not enough