Disagreeing Better, On Purpose
Imagine you're running a team. As a manager, you're setting up the processes and expectations among your team. What are the organizational responsibility, ceremonies and disciplines? In today's episod...
16 Dec 201915min
Two More Guidelines for Better Feedback Loops (Part Three)
Developers tend to create process for themselves and a shared process with a team, but what defines whether or not a process is useful? In today's episode, we're talking about feedback loop processes ...
13 Dec 201919min
Two Guidelines for Better Feedback Loops (Part Two)
Take a moment and imagine three or four days ago. Replay a mundane event, like your commute. Imagine each movement and turn you need to make to arrive where you need to go. In the last episode we talk...
11 Dec 201916min
Better Feedback Loops (Part One) - Validation and Cycle Time
We are embarking on the end of the decade. January 1st, 2020 marks a new decade and this means a lot of people are reflecting on the past decade. Specifically on their own individual improvements. In ...
9 Dec 201916min
Justifying Feature Work with User Roles and Motivations
In today's episode of Developer Tea, we're talking about wasting time on features we hope are useful, but turn out not to be. We can't control for every single variable, so how can we better predict t...
6 Dec 201910min
Hypocognition and the Importance of Concepts
Imagine for a moment that you don't have a concept for what a podcast is. In today's episode, we're talking about shared concepts and the ideas that come out of a group of people who share the same co...
4 Dec 201911min
Colliding Titles and Roles
Titles for developers are meant to quickly describe our function we play on a team and allow us to set expectations. Where this can go wrong is when we struggle to understand what a title means. In to...
2 Dec 201910min
Managing Requests, Making Commitments
Requests are tied to expectations. In today's episode, we're talking about managing overload of requests and managing expectations so we can focus on our goals and have better working relationships w...
29 Nov 201911min
