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Personal Optimization

3 Ways to Establish Your Role on a Software Team

Having a role on a software team doesn’t mean you can’t seek out tasks that don't fit your title. Here are tips for creating a fulfilling role for yourself.

Project & Team Management

Use the Compounding Nature of Developer Time to Deliver Value

Developer time compounds like interest in a bank account. The better the team, the better the interest rate of investment in the team's software.

Atomic Accelerator

Pursing a Career in Software Development? Focus on Teamwork

Emotional intelligence skills you learn through teamwork will be more valuable throughout your life than learning one more programming language.

Project & Team Management

When Less Becomes More For Large Product Teams

Sometimes, the right choice is to proactively shrink a team to help a client. Time is a valuable resource, and small teams work hard to hit tight deadlines.

Effective communication

3 Practices for Improving Remote Team Communication

A combination of these three practices has reduced a feeling of isolation and greatly improved my personal experience with remote team communication.

UX & Design

Future Press Releases: An Alternative Way

Writing a Future Press Release is a powerful Design Thinking exercise. Here's an alternative way to achieve the same results remotely or in person.

Project & Team Management

Bringing a Team Together – 5 Things to Do at the Beginning of a Project

The beginning of a project can be overwhelming. Here are five things I like to do to figure out how to get started and how to keep the team moving.

Project & Team Management

Advice for Scrum Masters Joining New Teams

Any scrum master new to a team would be eager to introduce improvements. But try to remember it’s not about you – first, focus on your team.

Effective communication

I Don’t Want Your Brain Dump

Organizing your thoughts matters — don't brain dump! Know when, why, and how to synthesize information into something useful to your audience.

Growing as Makers

Gimme Some Sugar: A Quick Way to Make a Colleague’s Day

Consider creating your own Sugarcube Board. Let’s express the gratitude we feel for folks that go out of their way to make our work lives better.

UX/Design Tools

Synchronous Collaboration in Figma Has Been a Game Changer

Making the transition from Sketch to synchronous collaboration in Figma drastically increased our team's ability to work together effectively.

Project & Team Management

3 Problems Big Software Teams Face and How To Mitigate Them

If you are in a situation where big software teams are necessary, these common pitfalls and mitigation strategies may pay off for you and your team.