The Importance of Done

A team I have been working with recently has reached a milestone. When I first started working with this team, most work would get to “development complete” but would linger in QA for multiple sprints or would not pass Product Owner approval so the work never got to “done.” This particular team had experienced a… Continue reading The Importance of Done

Fail Early

On the subject of fail early – I had a great lesson in this in the fall of 2013. I went to a shooting range for a social event. I participated in 3 rounds at three different locations. It was the first time I had ever held a gun let alone shot one, and I… Continue reading Fail Early