If you spend any time on the internet you've undoubtedly seen at least one video of a cute child explaining the world to their parents. The combination of innocence, sincerity and (often) a lispy voice has led to millions of views and heart warming comments. You might think this post will fall into that domain... Continue Reading →
Backlog Refinement – It’s Exploration, not Negotiation
Establishing closer relationships between the business people and developers is a central principle of agile processes. At the heart of this relationship is the Product Owner role, which carries the responsibility for establishing a bridge between both groups. One of the critical processes managed by this role is that of backlog refinement. Just to remind... Continue Reading →
Team Identity (and why you want to build one)
When I find myself putting a new team or department together, one of the first areas I pay attention to is identity as, in my experience, it can be one of the most powerful motivators for any group of people. As we start to build our our technical team here in InvoiceFair, team identity has... Continue Reading →
Support Ukraine
I don't claim to have a deep understanding of politics, local, national or geopolitics. I save my comments on the people, the process and the results of politics for private conversations. As a result I can't speak with any authority on the factors that are at play in Ukraine. I have not studied the Minsk... Continue Reading →
The High Performance Team
"What if I told you we were putting a team together?"Tony Stark aka Iron Man "I'm putting together a team, people with special abilities..."Bruce Wayne aka Batman When we're recruiting a new team, or augmenting an existing team, this is what we want candidates to think. We want them to believe they're joining an elite... Continue Reading →