Troubles with Transparency ☁

Hi there,Here's my weekly update for October 15th, 2021...@recursivefaults“What’s so hard about writing a line a code, knowing it won’t break, and pushing it?”8:10 PM · Oct 12, 2021View on Twitter@recursivefaults"If when planning your releases you re...

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Oct 15, 2021
Apologies for the Broken Link

Hey there,The email you just got from me has a broken link to the article.Here's the correct oneIt's almost like I could've tested this before I sent it out. Ridiculous!Sincerely,Ryan

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Oct 08, 2021
Another Small Way to Strengthen a Team 💪

Happy Friday,You probably noticed that this email is coming to you later than normal. I've been helping someone get ready for a Scrum Master certification and wrote a large list of questions and answers that I handed to the team and said, "After you'...

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Oct 08, 2021
Don't Punish the Punctual 👂

Happy Friday,I got some interesting responses from my last email where I described the two-breath rule to help make stand-ups end on time for once, and I thought I'd add one other little thing that will help.Don't punish the punctual.I learned this y...

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Oct 01, 2021
Getting Standups to Finish in 15 Minutes ⌚

Happy Friday,Everyone I've ever worked with thinks their stand-ups is a pointless status meeting. They're not, but I don't fault people for feeling that way. People have been slavishly answering 3 questions for a long time and failing to accomplish a...

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Sep 24, 2021
A Story of Pair Programming 💻💻

Hi there,I was thinking this morning back to things I attribute to excellence in my career, and I found myself remembering a story about when I was pair-programming at a company that I thought I'd share.The team I was with was regarded as the mainten...

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Sep 17, 2021
Putting Wind in Team's Sails ⛵

Happy Friday,I've found there are a few topics that many clients of mine that will create a fervent agreement to until the moment I suggest doing the work involved. One such topic is aligning teams to strategic or organizational goals.Most of the tim...

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Sep 10, 2021
Learning on the Edge 💻

Hi there,This morning I was thinking back on the importance of learning and how much of an accelerant it has been for me. Currently, I'm learning about budgeting and ways to remove its less-than-desirable effects in organizations and marketing for my...

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Sep 03, 2021
Eliminating Product-Market Risk 📈

Happy Friday!You'll notice I have a whole lot of articles below. I'm going back and editing them a bit more for syndication on a development website. They're articles with an overview of the material I walk my career clients through to get 100% inter...

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Aug 20, 2021