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On the Importance of Words…
It is part of our culture at Protegra to carefully choose the words we use to represent ourselves and communicate. It is understood how important the very words are themselves and what they say about...
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Everything I needed to know about teams I learned from Dungeons and Dragons...
It occurred to me that the five key principles of teams that I learned early on were taught to me at an early age by Dungeons and Dragons. Now I’m not talking about any movie or video game knock-off of...
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What can make a good #resume great?
One of the final chapters I was reading from the “Beautiful Teams” book had an awesome insight about what would make a good resume great. Typically resumes contain stories of the individual’s great...
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#Agile and Music – Have we been selecting Project Managers incorrectly all...
I’m always fascinated by stories where other industries seem to have arrived at the same practices that have become common place in Agile. In the final chapter of “Beautiful Teams”, there is a chapter...
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Playing Hooky – #1 sign that your organization is sick
I love reading the paper on Saturday. I love the down time and reading through pages and pages of articles anxious to learn something new about what is going on locally and globally in the news. I had...
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What the #BlueBombers taught me about #leadership and #teams
Oh boy, every time I watch the Winnipeg Blue Bombers I learn something. Sometimes I learn sometime just by watching the game or listening to post game interviews. Recently I listened to an interview...
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Top three signs a company is masquerading as employee-focused #halloween
Everyone says their company is employee-focused. Everyone says that their most important asset is their people. Everyone says that they have a flat structure and that there is an open door policy for...
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Lest we Forget the ultimate teammates
On a day like today I am reminded on how we in Software Development sometimes take ourselves and our opinions too seriously. We treat people with differing opinions as enemies we are at war against....
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Top 4 qualities for a leader/manager #agile #pmot
I’ve seen quite a few articles recently on the qualities to be a good leader, manager, and Project Manager. Most recently, I read an excellent article by Liza Wood on “Should you become a Manager?”....
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The Golf Monkey and the Influencer
Recently I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to take the “Influencer” training by VitalSmarts. The two-day course and the book is highly recommended. The book describes very well how people can be...
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Top Project Management trend for 2014 #agile #pmot
As we enter the new year it is always interesting to reflect back on trends that we saw last year and forecast if they will continue into the new year. From both my personal experience and reading I...
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#Winnipeg Jets, #SystemsThinking, and why a new coach was needed
Today the Winnipeg Jets relieved Claude Noel of his coaching duties. Claude Noel was always professional and I wish him well in his future. While I read some of the comments and responses I was...
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My #Agile pet peeve – Agilitus Extremus Argumentus
Let me start off by saying I do believe in the Agile principles and running projects in an agile way. But, I’m not an extreme Agilist that believes in not estimating and other aspects of Agile that...
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Why all Software Development Management need to cut code annually #agile #PMOT
I have gone on record before stating how important it is that project managers and Software Development Management in general cut code. This is a bit of an unpopular position as the Project Management...
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Three confounding characters in the Software Development #zoo #agile
Someone asked me how I come up with topics for my blog posts. I responded by saying that most of them just kinda appear by something I read or see. Today’s post was one that just appeared out of the...
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My Pride and Joy Project
I came across a blog by Liza Wood on her pride and joy project. You can read her excellent post here. It made me think about what my pride and joy project would be for me. I consider myself very lucky...
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Employee Probation – Give it a try?
People often ask how I get the ideas for my blog posts. I usually say it is a mixture of things I do or discover on projects and articles and tweets that I just happen to catch in my Twitter stream....
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What does #Trust mean?
I’ve thought a lot recently on what it means to truly trust your teammates. I think there are a lot of different flavours of trust out there. I like to think that there are three levels of trust: 1)...
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Three rules to make Stretch goals work
Many times late in projects we frequently see the use of stretch goals to instill a sense of urgency and motivate the team. But do they truly work? Many times stretch goals are applied in a manner that...
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The slings and arrows
information-knowledge by @gapingvoid There’s something that has been bothering me for awhile. Well, there’s many things that have been bothering me – but one thing that has been “stuck in my craw” is...
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