Review of 2025
So much to look back on, as I think about the new year. Goodbye 2025. You were a busy year. So much happened and changed.… Read More »Review of 2025
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Know your work preferences
Learn your work routine preferences for less hassle I’m currently out of my normal routines. This means less time to write these posts and do… Read More »Know your work preferences
Dogfooding Development Lessons
Checking that I’m walking the walk for the talk I talk. Dogfooding is using your own products to see how well they work. The phrase… Read More »Dogfooding Development Lessons
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
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
Looking back on 2024
Look back to improve what happens next. As the end of another year approaches it’s time to consider what worked, and what to consider as… Read More »Looking back on 2024
Guide student teams on part-time agile
Making agile work when it’s not full-time means attending to your schedule A student brought me up short the other week, and his question has… Read More »Guide student teams on part-time agile
Student software engineering teams need to learn to use retrospectives
Pause and think of how you might improve the work you do as a team. Growing up in the midwest of the US I remember… Read More »Student software engineering teams need to learn to use retrospectives