Let’s assume that your team does have a definition of Ready. And that they (possibly with a product leader) have shaped the work. But the team still says they don’t know how to start—they don’t have the right people to think through the problem and finish it. If you have component teams, the team is […]
A couple of weeks ago, I spoke locally about Manage Your Project Portfolio. Part of the talk is about understanding when you need project portfolio management and flowing work through teams. One of the (very sharp) fellows in the audience asked this question: As you grow, don’t you need component teams? I thought that was
Years ago, I was the expert for two specific products in a small development organization. When it came time for my manager to divide up the work, I always got those products to add features to, or maintain. That was fine for a while, until I got bored. I went to my boss with a request for different work.
If you’d like to hire people but you can’t because you have no open reqs, take a good long look at the people you do have. Are any of your staff prima donnas, “indispensable”, or just not doing the work? If you have people who aren’t being successful, you have several choices: Make sure you’ve