Stand Up
Another week done! I‘d say this week has been one third recruitment, one third team focused and one third project focus. It’s also been half-term, and I’ve luckily been mostly released from parental responsibilities as my kids have been out and about with grandparents (hooray for grandparents!).
Good things
- The week has flown by!
- It’s been nice to see something other than wind and driving rain.
- I got some motorised legs for my office desk so that I can switch between sitting and standing. First day using them as I type this. So far so good!
- Had some good chats with potential candidates for a post we’ve got vacant.
- Small but really pleasing progress on developing our low code capability.
- I went into the office for a day. It was a nice change. Got me thinking about other modes of work outside the binary of office or home in which most of the debate is framed.
Difficult things
- The week has flown by!
- When you put sales people in account manager positions, every problem looks like a sales opportunity. It is not.
- I’ve been trying to fill some gaps on a thing that doesn’t play to my strengths. It’s been a frustrating experience, which seems predictable in retrospect!
- The problems are at the boundaries. (I should just include this in every weeknote by default)
Learned things
- “Do Less, Trust More, Let Go, Say No” — https://twitter.com/myddelton/status/1484101855504486403
Interesting things
- Are you sure you want to use OKRs?
https://cwodtke.medium.com/you-cant-handle-okrs-5465cf161e81 - Why you should combine OKRs with the Three Horizons Model
https://david-theil.medium.com/why-you-should-combine-okrs-with-the-three-horizons-model-6adb777f6362 - Building a progression framework for a multidisciplinary organisation
https://emilywebber.co.uk/building-a-progression-framework-for-a-multidisciplinary-organisation/ - Product prioitisation is triage
https://ames.world/blog/product-prioritisation-is-triage/ - Boyd: The fighter pilot who loathed lean?
https://www.aglx.com/boyd-the-fighter-pilot-who-loathed-lean/ - Why are software development task estimates regularly off by a factor of 2 to 3?
https://www.quora.com/Why-are-software-development-task-estimations-regularly-off-by-a-factor-of-2-3