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> I am naturally a quite chaotic person, I have trouble helping other people create order when I'm already having trouble keeping an eye on all the streams that
by cpeterso 5y ago
> I am naturally a quite chaotic person, I have trouble helping other people create order when I'm already having trouble keeping an eye on all the streams that exist in the team. Any tips would be appreciated.
For tracking my own work, David Allen's "Getting Things Done" (GTD) was a huge influence for me (though it can be a bit cult-like and many people get too distracted optimizing their GTD system instead of actually getting things done).
As for managing a team's work, two important tenets of scrum that I think many teams have a hard time sticking with are limiting work in progress and retrospectives. Limiting work in the sprint backlog and each team member's own plate during the sprint is critical for actually getting work across the finish line. Retrospectives can be hard, especially when people are feeling pressure to keep moving forward, but retrospectives are how a team can optimize and gel, which is most important during those times.
apenwarr's (long) "An epic treatise on scheduling, bug tracking, and triage" is a great resource: https://apenwarr.ca/log/20171213 https://apenwarr.ca/log/20171213
- Teafling 5y agoThanks for your thoughtful reply! Glad to hear your thoughts on what's important, and I'll give the treatise a thorough read