Triaging bugs isn’t the easiest thing in the world – we all have different views of Priority and Severity and of course, there are always exceptions. And the exceptions will kill you and lock you into endless debates of what-ifs. But if you think about the way triage works outside of software (where it originally originated) the goal has never been to make a perfect delivery system, the goal is to get the patient (our…
You assume that when everyone arrives at the “Brainstorming” session that of course, they are all ready to “Brainstorm”. All ready to hear each other’s opinions. All ready to work together and bat around ideas. But it’s not always the case at which point you need to reiterate the goals of the session, why you are there, what you hope to achieve and what the end goal is moving forward.
Brainstorms are about ideas. They are about getting people into a room, or on a call, and batting around ideas back and forth – whether they are good or bad – it doesn’t matter. It’s about nothing more than the ideas in a room. And the moment you start to shut them down, all that energy goes out the door. And you’re left with the worst ideas.
There are lots of discussions coming out on work weeks… When should we work? How long should we work for? When should we take breaks? When should we send and write emails? How about instead of hiring people based on time, we hire them based on delivery. We need X delivered in the next Y months? Is that possible? Great go make it happen. The goal is that they get it done (and it’s reasonable)…
Bugs become features, whether on purpose or by accident. Taken one by one you’ll fix the immediate issue, but if you’re not grouping them together, looking at the big picture, seeing if there is a feature hidden amongst all those issues. You’re doomed to fix them over and over and over again.