On luck
"Luck" (in an effective & successful software product delivery) is one of those topics I've never dedicated a post to. At least not directly. You may be surprised why I want to change that - isn't "luck" something random, or at most...
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Nemawashi and Idiosyncrasy Credits
Living in times of pandemic has a lot of cascading side effects. Keeping the social distance has reduced the number of social interactions within professional communities by a level of magnitude. Some fellows I've used to socialize with every few weeks, I see now twice, thrice a year....
The Glue Work: is the devil in *these* details?
I've read a good book about technical leadership and seniority in engineering recently - "Staff Engineer" [https://www.amazon.com/Staff-Engineer-Leadership-beyond-management-ebook/dp/B08RMSHYGG/] by Will Larson [https://twitter.com/Lethain]. I've already reviewed it here [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3870963321] (feel free...
The Champions League, winning factor and full diapers
> (no, this is NOT a blog post about football) Yesterday, Legia - currently the best football team in Poland (no, I'm not their fan, so I have no emotional attachment towards them) has dropped of the Champions League (CL) qualifications in the 2nd elimination phase (of 4)...
Dynamics (energy flow) of a work environment
I love diving deep into how/when & why work is getting done. Into the differences between environments of high velocity & insane productivity VS ones where the air seems to have a consistency of a gel, slowing everything down to crawl ... There are several factors that have various levels...
Why pools are better than deadlines in a disciplined delivery of value?
I'm sure you know how deadlines work: 1. collect the requirements/expectations & grok through them (understand them) 2. estimate the effort needed to deliver the outcome, quantify risks, "guesstimate" unknown unknowns, ... 3. ... and "collide" what you've got with current commitments &...