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Disagreeing Better, On Purpose
Episode 772
Imagine you're running a team. As a manager, you're setting up the processes and expectations among your team. What are the organizational responsibi…
6 years, 3 months ago
Two More Guidelines for Better Feedback Loops (Part Three)
Episode 771
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 ep…
6 years, 3 months ago
Two Guidelines for Better Feedback Loops (Part Two)
Episode 770
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 arriv…
6 years, 3 months ago
Better Feedback Loops (Part One) - Validation and Cycle Time
Episode 769
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. Spe…
6 years, 3 months ago
Justifying Feature Work with User Roles and Motivations
Episode 768
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 ev…
6 years, 3 months ago
Hypocognition and the Importance of Concepts
Episode 767
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 …
6 years, 3 months ago
Colliding Titles and Roles
Episode 766
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 …
6 years, 3 months ago
Managing Requests, Making Commitments
Episode 765
Requests are tied to expectations. In today's episode, we're talking about managing overload of requests and managing expectations so we can focus o…
6 years, 3 months ago
The Benefit of Our Predecessors
Episode 764
If you were born one year earlier, something would likely have changed in your life. In today's episode, we're taking a moment to express a bit of gr…
6 years, 4 months ago
The Illusion of Balancing Priorities
Episode 763
If a team agrees to a set of goals and values, then our priorities should align, yet it too often falls on individuals to negotiate their priorities …
6 years, 4 months ago