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The Time Management Matrix
Time is our most valuable resource because it is limited, and we cannot get more of it. If we manage our money, we should certainly manage our time. In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey presents a key framework for understanding how to use our time effectively: the Time Management Matrix, also…
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The Secret of Good Demos
Before the rise of the agile framework, software development was primarily done using traditional project management methodologies, such as Waterfall. Once the product was ready, the product demonstration, or demo, would be the meeting that determined whether the customer was happy with the final product or if the team had wasted months, if not years,…
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To Meet or Not to Meet: Navigating Team Collaboration
If you’re a Software Developer, I’d bet you like coding and that you’d rather ship that feature you’re working on than attend yet another meeting. Even worse if you have no clue why you were invited to that meeting in the first place. There are too many things to say about meetings, and sadly I…