The humble meeting gets a bad rap. Like email, Slack, and smartphones, meetings were never intended to take over every minute of our waking lives. But somehow they have. Look at anyone’s calendar who has multiple projects on the go (i.e. pretty...
Redesigning your site, web app, or blog always seems like a good idea. A fresh coat of paint keeps you current, improves usability, and upgrades your brand. But when it comes to a full website redesign, it’s not just what’s on the surface that counts...
Do you sometimes feel like you’re the only one who cares about your project? You have spent hours putting together your project plan. You’ve missed endless lunches to fend off last minute disasters. You’ve had to make those uncomfortable calls to...
If you’re working on a complex project, whether it’s a mobile app, website redesign, or product, there’s really no better way to manage your team and your time than with Scrum. Named for its similarity to the Rugby “scrum” where teammates huddle...
How do companies like Microsoft and Google update every single one of the products in a week or two while other companies take years? The short answer is: Agile project management. While teams following a “traditional” software development process
It might surprise you to hear that you don’t have to do everything. And if you have employees or dedicated team members, you really shouldn’t do everything. While there are some things that you feel particularly responsible for regarding the final...
I get really nervous about asking people for things. I hate confrontation, and I find it uncomfortable to ask for a favor or to try to persuade someone of my point of view. It turns out, I'm not alone. Most people don't like asking others for favors...
"tetris" by Nicolas Esposito, CC BY 2.0 When software crashes, you are increasingly likely to lose more than your high score in Tetris. Our cars, our airplanes, and health care systems all rely more and more on software. As Marc Andreessen says,...
We like to think we're in control of our behaviour, our communication, and—perhaps most of all—our thoughts. And while that's generally true, there are some things that happen subconsciously, which we can't completely control. Cognitive biases are...
In the Agile world, there’s an effort to move away from estimates in hours towards estimating in story points, often using a Fibonacci sequence. The idea is that the larger a story is, the more uncertainty there will be around it and the estimates...