Wow, I was apparently very busy blogging in October 2008. While there are some things that I will not cover below that might be worth reading I wanted to highlight a few things. Both good and embarrassing stuff...
Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
2016-07-07
2016-01-14
Assigning vs picking tasks
If you have followed this blog for a while you know how important I think the choice of words are. But the difference between assigning and picking tasks within a team might be bigger than than you think.
2015-07-23
How to not run an organization - the CIA version
I stumbled over this document dating back to World War 2 where the predecessor to CIA, the Office for Strategic Services issued a field manual on how to sabotage. Especially interesting are the sections on general interference with organizations and production.
2015-03-26
What fire and forget really means
From time to time people implement something that they want to use in a fire-and-forget fashion. Typically it is some non-critical service you want to notify. Sadly most people get this wrong since they don't understand what fire-and-forget means and instead fire blindly.
2014-10-09
Who writes acceptance criteria?
In the past I've seen two different approaches to user story acceptance criteria writing. My current team introduced a new variant I like. And it is related to how the military works.
2014-04-24
The last fire watch
Last week I promised another leadership story so this time it will be from the military.
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