Sun.Jan 28, 2018

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How Developers Make Their Jobs Harder

Professor Beekums

Software development is hard. Bugs and inaccurate time estimates are a fact of life. Software is too complex these days for things to go exactly as we’d like. However, developers often add to the difficulty of software development by doing certain things that make it harder than necessary. I know I have. One of these tendencies is associating less typing with saving time.

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#NoStandups

Allen Holub

The traditional daily stand-up meeting as generally practiced ranges from merely ineffective to a colossal waste of time. It's a band-aid that's hiding ineffective communication. First, some history. The 15-minute "stand-up meeting" is de rigueur for many Agile shops. It's been a standard practice from very early.

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Why Leaders Must Practice Full Spectrum Management (and Avoid The Comfortable Middle)

Terry Starbucker

As I enter my 31st (!) year as a business leader, there are just a handful of leadership lessons come back to the forefront for me, time after time (after time). This one always bubbles back up to the top of the list. Leaders HAVE to stay out of the Comfortable Middle, and practice Full Spectrum Management, to have any real chance to reach for greatness.