One of the main continuous improvement imperatives is "Learn". Learn from your personal experience, from your observations, from trusted people around you.
In my case, there have been so many exciting assignments and events that they have left me with little time to think and consider. I guess, the summer is a nice time to think about the lessons from my participation as a:
- coordinator and lecturer at the Sofia University course on "Managing Software Projects and Companies"
- lecturer Technical University of Sofia summer practice course
- speaker at ETC 2013 Sofia
Some of the next posts will summarize them. Your comments are highly welcome.
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose
Well, sooner or later, the summer vacation is over and is time to get your hands dirty.
This transition is remarkably harder, when there are tough decisions to be made, especially involving close friends and colleagues. This, I guess is the right time to remember the first of the 7 habits:
- Be proactive - willfully choose your path and do not let be acted upon, be "response-able".
Quite often there is the temptation to give ready answers and hope that they will stick. Similarly, quite naturally, they do not. Unless the receivers of these ideas is actually starting to
- Dream of achieving your proposals.
Hmmm, it is an interesting relation between Stephen Covey and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
This transition is remarkably harder, when there are tough decisions to be made, especially involving close friends and colleagues. This, I guess is the right time to remember the first of the 7 habits:
- Be proactive - willfully choose your path and do not let be acted upon, be "response-able".
Quite often there is the temptation to give ready answers and hope that they will stick. Similarly, quite naturally, they do not. Unless the receivers of these ideas is actually starting to
- Dream of achieving your proposals.
Hmmm, it is an interesting relation between Stephen Covey and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Watch me presenting at Evolution of Technical Communication conference
If you happen to be in Sofia, Bulgaria on 21 June 2013, you can come and watch me present and discuss the connection between Design Thinking and the profession of information development.
Information about the conference: Agenda.
Information about the conference: Agenda.
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
The All Mighty Scrum Master
It is absolutely true that a correctly set up team of professionals does not need a dedicated Scrum Master.
Problem statement: However, sooner or later, they will fall in the trap of the everyday ordeal. You can easily recognize it by retrospective action items not done, or a messy Jira, or continuous overcommitment. There might be other signs, specific for your team.
As to why it happens: The answer can be found in team dynamics. Sooner or later, the team reaches the stage after "form-storm-norm-perform". This stage still does not have a name. It is characterized by the old "common sense" taking rule.
Solution: This is the right time to reintroduce the role of the Scrum Master. It must be someone with knowledge of the project history, as well as with a lot of trust from the team. The only missing ingredient from the recipe is human interaction and dedicated discussions on how to overcome the good old common sense. For inspiration how to continue, refer to Beware of Common Sense
Problem statement: However, sooner or later, they will fall in the trap of the everyday ordeal. You can easily recognize it by retrospective action items not done, or a messy Jira, or continuous overcommitment. There might be other signs, specific for your team.
As to why it happens: The answer can be found in team dynamics. Sooner or later, the team reaches the stage after "form-storm-norm-perform". This stage still does not have a name. It is characterized by the old "common sense" taking rule.
Solution: This is the right time to reintroduce the role of the Scrum Master. It must be someone with knowledge of the project history, as well as with a lot of trust from the team. The only missing ingredient from the recipe is human interaction and dedicated discussions on how to overcome the good old common sense. For inspiration how to continue, refer to Beware of Common Sense
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Justine Toms and The Blogs
Justine Toms ignited quite a fire this week. It started with a presentation on the importance of online presence. Then, it continued with many heads considering revitalizing their blogs.
Who knows, it might be a new beginning.
Her online profile is: Justine Toms
Who knows, it might be a new beginning.
Her online profile is: Justine Toms
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
About Trust and Agile as Behaviors
Something that amazes me is how easy we forget basic postulates. In this case, our believes determine our behaviors. Thus the connection between trust in the new ideas and our behavior towards implementing them.
If you want to read an interesting post on the connection between trust an becoming agile, head straight on to LeadingAgile and read Agile at the speed of Trust - an Overview (Written by Peter Callies).
Thursday, September 30, 2010
A Scrum Certification Summer End
It has been an interesting summer. More interestingly, I am now a certified Scrum Master and Scrum Product Owner.
It feels good to know that an effort has been crowned properly.
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