Organizational Debt
Recently, I came across a term I had never heard before, organizational debt. We all know what debt is, and in the software industry we have a special kind of debt called technical
Unconventional Interview Questions
I was recently reading a post from Slack's blog where they were discussing some of the unconventional interview questions that they use. These questions are intended to discover deeper things about
Mentoring
Part of any leaders duties should be the ability to mentor people, to help them grow, understand and guide them in the right direction. Until recently, my mentoring solely consisted of helping people
Good Manager vs Bad Manager
I was recently reading a blog post in which the author asked their readers what they liked about their best & worst managers. There were a lot of replies to the post and
Importance of the Product Owner
I recently attended an Agile Training course which was held by some ex-ThoughtWorks employees. I found it to be extremely beneficial and the one thing that the presenter kept hammering on is the
Knowledge Transfer Sessions
Over the past few months our team has been doing retrospectives on a regular basis at the end of every sprint. This kind of naturally evolved as a result of some people expressing
Mixing Up Retrospectives
Repetition causes boredom. I'm sure we have all experienced this at some point in our lives. We continue to do the same thing over and over again that our minds go
Determining What Can Be Delegated
I have talked quite a bit about delegation in the past, but one topic that I haven't really covered is how to work out what work can be delegated and to
Maker Mode, Manager Mode
Most team leads come from a technical background where they focus on completing tasks at hand. In doing this, we often neglect any sort of managerial tasks that may come up, which can
Welcome, Translator!
One thing that I'm slowly learning during my time as a team lead is that communication is vitally important to all people involved. It is one of those things that is
Planning Poker
As you know, I have recently been doing a lot of exploration on how to run better retrospectives. So far, the team are linking what I have tried and any improvements that we
Managing Your Teams Work
Recently, I have been doing a lot of research into running effective retrospectives, but lately there has been something nagging me about a related topic, allocating work during sprint planning. So I done