Category: Daily
-
Never stop never stopping
Yesterday I had a good lesson from one of my teammates about the pace of change and feeling of having a goal that is so far away that it seemed like a good one 🙂 That was shattered the moment he showed me this. Up until that moment, I thought if we get to “there”…
-
Fix the problem
Today I stopped myself from hiding a problem. I already had a message typed in that would allow me to get the right tools and access to take on a task that is painful and seen as a blocker by the team. Yes, you guessed it, I was going to do our deployments 🙂 But…
-
High performance = High maintenance
I think I’ve seen a similar post recently which described racing cars and other top echelon endeavors that are not really applicable for use in ever day life. One aspect that I feel was missing there was, how much effort is required to pull together and keep together a team required to build and operate…
-
Know your mission
Are you able to articulate it to a person in a single sentence? Are the current, next sprint and releases moving you towards the goal? Is your mission and the business case aligned? If you got at least one “No”, you’re probably in trouble … big trouble, trust me.
-
Show your work
If you have no demo sessions and the work you are “delivering” is getting stuck somewhere in the pipeline before landing with end users, what value is it that you are creating? I suggest you stop right now and fix the delivery mechanism first, before you create more WIP with no way of validating the…
-
Everything can be a skateboard
Paraphrasing my favourite quote formThe Best Exotic Marigold Hotel : “Everything can be built from skateboard to a car. And if you haven’t found the skateboard yet, you’ve simply not looked at all the options.”
-
Always protect the team
As a scrum master there is nothing more important than drowning out the noise and the needs of “now”. Stick to your sprint goals, do the right things. Protect your team. Period.