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Essays from 2024

4 essays from 2024

1. 01

   The Leadership Mistake That’s Killing Your Team’s Focus (And How to Stop It)

   Have you ever been in a meeting where leadership shares their latest great idea, and you can feel the anxiety spreading across the team? I have. The developers exchange knowing looks – they’re already struggling with an overloaded sprint, the backlog is growing, and now here comes another “high priority” initiative. You can almost hear …

   19 December 20245 min read

2. 02

   We Need Alternatives To Project Management: Here’s an Agile Alternative

   Project management, as we know it, is a recent invention. Though some argue it’s ancient, it’s really only become mainstream in the 20th century—not unlike computing. Project management requires a rigid set of beliefs: the ability to plan ahead, follow a fixed schedule, and predict how what we do affects our goals before we even …

   9 December 20244 min read

3. 03

   The key to successful engineering teams: The OTOG Principle

   Have you ever wondered why some software teams seem to be in constant conflict between product ambitions and technical realities, while others achieve the impossible together?Here’s what I’ve learned about great teams, and great organizations from my experience as a developer, project manager, product manager, director of product, and running my own company as well …

   5 December 20245 min readteams

4. 04

   Agile change catalyst wanted! Let’s work together

   I’m looking for an Agile Change Catalyst. Are you that Agile Change Catalyst? Read on! In an age where people are saying “Agile is dead”, I think it is important for us to recognize that in practice, what is being said is probably more: “agile is not new, and shiny, so I’m not so enthusiastic …

   31 May 20242 min readteams

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