How not to waste time on pointless discussion about personal preferences? Use consent and experiments to bypass them.
4DX: LAG vs. LEAD
So you want to be data-driven. Good. But if you look at the wrong numbers they will lead you astray. Uh-oh, what now?
Parallel Universe
How to measure what is hard to measure? This one trick can help.
Simple & Powerful Sprint Capacity Planning Technique
A simple trick that could help you better predict the capacity of your next sprints. All you need to do is to gather some more data about the past ones.
Social Media & News Detox
Browsing social media brings anxiety and sadness – so why do it at all? I try to strictly limit my online presence both on social media and news sites.
Dream a Little Dream of… 2021
Visualize your dreams (big and small) together with your family. Fun guaranteed, but more than fun only.
Writer’s Block
Write a blog post every week to keep your audience engaged? No. Don’t. Just don’t.
Publish Feedback To All Participants
After receiving feedback from participants share it with them. Yes, everything they reported. There are numerous benefits to this.
Sandwiches Are Evil
Don’t use feedback sandwich! It doesn’t work and will do more harm than good. There are much better approaches to giving feedback.
Yes You Should Re-Estimate
What to do with an unfinished story? Re-estimate it and finish it.
Podcast – Leadership
Recording of an interview by Anita Przybył. We discussed the broad topic of leadership in software development.
IT Recruitment – Lessons Learned
IT recruitment – lessons learned. Why you need CV, how to answer the salary question and why rejection is inevitable. Read on, one day you will need it.