Back from my holiday and catching up with the news. New section on Agile this time as something at work required a bit of research into this. Management What’s going on with the ‘Great Resignation’? - I have heard this term in different contexts a few times now. I guess this will continue for a bit more. Building a data team at a mid-stage startup: a short story - example story about how this could happen and what to expect ...
As every year at Devex the company takes a week long Summer break in August. August isn’t really the best month to take holiday in Spain, because on the one hand everybody does and on the other hand tends to be really hot. That’s why I tend to do a trip on my own, without my girlfriend. In the recent years this have been cycling holidays. ...
This week I was mostly thinking about Scrum and how it can affect developer happiness and productivity. I have certainly an opinion, but I am still in the data and information gathering phase. I also caught up with podcasts again. Lots of good stuff about management. Management Introducing DecisionOps - I am not sure that word will catch on, but still a nice post ...
I am rethinking these posts again. I have a plan … maybe. If you enjoy a long read, check out The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done or The slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dream. If you like photos Training for Tokyo: how athletes prepared and how they did or Dead white man’s clothes. Management The Big Project Syndrom - we all have been there ...
No random section today! I am catching up with my podcasts and really enjoyed the one about Sad Days. It also seems that climate change will affect more of our life sooner than most expected. Management How to Motivate Your Team [Comic] - another good strip from Basic Instructions We should allow sad days, not just sick days [Podcast] - I certainly could have used a few sad days … and maybe I took them ...