The Random Ramblings

Agile Metrics: Ask yourself WHY.

Posted on Mon 10 Aug 2020Updated on Wed 20 Jan 2021by GrumpyCategories:Agility, Leadership

Are you measuring the right things for the right reasons?

Get out of the way!

Posted on Thu 06 Aug 2020Updated on Tue 09 Feb 2021by GrumpyCategories:Leadership

Why aren’t your team performing better? Are you getting in the way?

…and Switch!

Posted on Thu 06 Aug 2020Updated on Mon 10 Aug 2020by GrumpyCategories:Site News

We’ve now migrated from Grumpy’s private domain to https://grumpyoldfart.org

Change the conversation

Posted on Wed 05 Aug 2020Updated on Wed 20 Jan 2021by GrumpyCategories:Agility, Leadership

Ban the but!

Predictability: Get over it.

Posted on Tue 04 Aug 2020Updated on Wed 20 Jan 2021by GrumpyCategories:Agility, Leadership

One of the barriers I’ve come across during agile development transformations, is the perceived lack of predictability the shiny new methodology brings with it.

Boss? Or Servant Leader?

Posted on Mon 03 Aug 2020Updated on Tue 09 Feb 2021by GrumpyCategories:Leadership

Why I tell my team members: “I work for you”.

Story Points don’t matter!

Posted on Fri 31 Jul 2020Updated on Wed 20 Jan 2021by GrumpyCategories:Agility

Of course they matter. But probably not as much as you might think.

Why developers can’t test their own code

Posted on Thu 30 Jul 2020Updated on Fri 25 Sep 2020by GrumpyCategories:Agility, Leadership

You don’t see what you’re not looking for.

Don’t get hired! Part One: How to flunk your interview

Posted on Thu 30 Jul 2020Updated on Wed 20 Jan 2021by GrumpyCategories:Leadership

How to not get hired!

Don’t get hired! Part Two: Your CV/Résumé

Posted on Wed 29 Jul 2020Updated on Thu 21 Jan 2021by GrumpyCategories:Leadership

Proven strategies for avoiding employment.

They’re not “resources”. They’re PEOPLE.

Posted on Tue 28 Jul 2020Updated on Wed 20 Jan 2021by GrumpyCategories:Leadership

Everyone you work with is a person with a rich, complex life.