Measuring productivity
Disclaimer: Each company has different tech stack and delivery challenges, but the methodology for measuring and improving productivity applies equally.
Recent Posts
The importance of WIP limits
I once came across a team of 9 (yeah, I know it is too many) with five deliverables in flight. Looking at their work allocations, it seems 0.5 to 2.5 people ...
Making teams faster
I often get asked how to make teams faster, so I decided to jot down a few thoughts.
The Technical Debt metaphor is broken
I was first introduced to the Technical Debt metaphor in 2008 in this video. The key takeaway for me is the Technical Debt metaphor to help us explain how th...
Virtual coaching circles
During first half of the year I participated in a virtual coaching circle with 5 other coaches from three companies. This was an great learning experience fo...
Why I’ve become a polyglot…
In 2012, I started my first iOS project after working with C# for over a decade. This led to a journey where I ended up working with OS X, Linux, MongoDB, Ob...
DefCon! When things go wrong
A couple of weeks back one of my clients migrated thousands of users onto their platform and things went wrong badly. Everything worked, it was just to slow ...
nReality’s operational plan
Yesterday we had a company team day where @jacdevos and I, along with our new team members @pretorh and @reinhardholl, revisited nReality’s values, philosoph...
Arrrgh, business doesn’t know what they want!
The most common problem software teams face is that they struggle to define stable unambiguous requirements for their software products. This is something I’...
Beyond the hype and the dogma (of agile)
This is a backdated post that links to the video and slides of my Agile Africa 2013 talk for reference purposes.