Links 2020-04-02
On teams, agile methods, and remote work …
- How to Deal with Difficult People on Software Projects – Neil on Software
48 personalities that cause software development projects to fail.
- Why companies are still designing open plan offices – Katharine Schwab, Fast Company
First, you tear down the walls and dispense with the soulless cubicles. Then you put everyone at long tables, shoulder to shoulder, so that they can talk more easily.
- Why Enterprise Agile Teams Fail – Sam McAfee
No, you’re not crazy for trying this.
- Asynchronous Communication: The Real Reason Remote Workers Are More Productive – Amir Salihefendic
Study after study after study into remote work has made one thing clear: Remote workers are more productive than their office-bound counterparts. What’s not entirely clear is why.
- Software Sprawl, The Golden Path, and Scaling Teams With Agency – charity.wtf
Recently you saw something terrifying that you cannot unsee: your company is using all the languages, all the environments, all the databases, all the build tools. Shit!!! Your ops team is in full revolt and you can’t really blame them.
- How to run a Futurespective | Liz Keogh, lunivore
Futurespectives, like Retrospectives, look back at the past… from the future! I find them very useful when there isn’t much to retrospect on: at the start of a project or initiative.