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Friday, October 29, 2010

http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html

link -> http://martinfowler.com/articles/itsNotJustStandingUp.html
I read in one of my books that the deeper principle of stand-up meeting is that it is a commitment meeting rather than a status meeting. I feel like ours are almost exclusively status meetings.

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Tale of a Yo-Yo Manager

link -> Tale of a Yo-Yo Manager

There is much more to empowering a team than simply stating “You’re empowered.” Consider the three Ws of empowerment: “what,” “when,” and “why” when creating boundaries that define which decisions are the team’s and which need management approval.

Cool story