How long does work take?
72% of respondents to my LinkedIn poll think that if I do four hours of work over four weeks, then the work takes four weeks, not four hours.
Of course, both are true. It just depends on what you mean when you say “work”. And that’s what makes talking about deadlines and estimates and the time work takes so difficult.
But, is it ever possible to talk about work, and delivery, and value without also talking about time?
Elephant repellent
You know the joke about elephant repellent?
A: “I bought some elephant repellent.”
B: “But there aren’t any elephants around here.”
A: “Must be working then.”
Is that a good metaphor for building a product that doesn’t solve a problem?
Same and different
The solutions are all the same, but the problems are all different
240120
Wrote my weeknotes.
Thought about whether I should start using monthly delivery planning to help me focus on achieving my roadmap for the year.
If ‘Definition of ready ‘ sits between ‘To do’ and ‘Doing’ to tell us that a piece of work is ready to start, and ‘Definition of done’ is between ‘Doing’ and ‘Done’ to tell us that a piece of work can be said to be finished, what sits in front of ‘To do’ to tell us that a piece of work is worthy of being worked on in the future?
Read some BVSSH.