Product Management - Week 2 - Goals and Metrics
3rd Apr, 2019Here are my notes for week 2 of my product management education. This week is all about metrics, goals, and strategy, with a dive into Pirate and Heart metrics,
Product Management - Week 1 - What is it?
19th Mar, 2019I've started an online Product Management class because, I dunno, I like learning new, non-coding things related to my job. I'll be posting all my notes here.
Bad communication can be a win-win scenario
21st Feb, 2019In the aftermath of GE's price fixing scandal, we learned that GE executives had a culture of winking while they told subordinates not to break the law. Sometimes. Each salesperson had to interpret the word and the wink, and the occasional lack thereof, according to their own internal rules. Effective communication was, effectively, absent.
Witness The Most Productive Team in Cinema
11th Dec, 2018There is one scene that gets referenced several times in Rapid Development by Steve McConnell as an example of a hugely productive team.
Just delete those failing tests
17th Jul, 2018If you're responsible for a large, legacy code base, here's my hint to you: delete your failing tests.