I had the privilege of chairing the preschool in my small rural town before our school district in the years before our school district was able to launch their pre-K program. Over the course of…
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STOP Doing Heroic Things!
Perhaps you’re wondering what types of heroic things I mean… Overtime. Working on the weekend. Turning a full vacation day into a half-day. Those are all heroic things that happen in…
Don’t Let the Tools Drive Your Agile Journey
One of the most common questions our team fields from those who are getting started on their Agile journey or specifically looking at a framework like Scrum or Kanban is “What tool is best for…
Visibility in Teams Helps Create Success
This morning was a cooler start in the 1000 Islands (in far far far Upstate NY) which meant that there was “River Fog” on the St. Lawrence River and early in the morning, 4:51am ET…
How Do We Estimate?
Different kinds of estimation are tricky concepts to grasp when all you’re used to is estimating work in time. Time metrics are simple to organizations, but it isn’t an accurate way of measurement and prediction. …