Productivity-Fu

How to maximise productivity in small teams. Presentation I gave at Refresh Belfast.

Transcript

1. PRODUCTIVITY-FU (BY DAVID RICE) Wednesday, 28 March 12
2. BUSY Wednesday, 28 March 12
3. Wednesday, 28 March 12
4. Wednesday, 28 March 12
5. A SECOND = THE DURATION OF 9 192 631 770 PERIODS OF THE RADIATION CORRESPONDING TO THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE TWO HYPERFINE LEVELS OF THE GROUND STATE OF THE CESIUM 133 ATOM Wednesday, 28 March 12
6. TIME IS OUR BEST MEASURE OF PRODUCTIVITY Wednesday, 28 March 12
7. MAKE TIME Wednesday, 28 March 12
8. STOP WATCHING LOST... Wednesday, 28 March 12
9. 11.3 M * 113 “HOURS” = ? Wednesday, 28 March 12
10. Wednesday, 28 March 12
11. 1. PRODUCTIVITY Wednesday, 28 March 12
12. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Wednesday, 28 March 12
13. EDIT Wednesday, 28 March 12
14. EDIT Time Output Wednesday, 28 March 12
15. MYTHICAL MAN MONTH Wednesday, 28 March 12
16. THINK IN TERMS OF GOALS Wednesday, 28 March 12
17. NO REALLY, THINK Wednesday, 28 March 12
18. PROTOTYPE, LOW-FIDELITY Wednesday, 28 March 12
19. HOW QUICKLY CAN THE GOAL BE ACHIEVED, PARETO’S PRINCIPLE Wednesday, 28 March 12
20. ESTIMATE Wednesday, 28 March 12
21. SET WELL DEFINED, ACHIEVABLE GOALS Wednesday, 28 March 12
22. SET ACHIEVABLE GOALS Wednesday, 28 March 12
23. OR MOVE THEM { COST, TIME, SCOPE } Wednesday, 28 March 12
24. LOOSE-ENDS DRAIN YOU Wednesday, 28 March 12
25. IDENTIFY SHORTCUTS Wednesday, 28 March 12
26. DISTRACTIONS, FOCUS & FLOW Wednesday, 28 March 12
27. FOCUS / FLOW Wednesday, 28 March 12
28. STOP Wednesday, 28 March 12
29. CELEBRATE VICTORIES! Wednesday, 28 March 12
30. RINSE, REPEAT, REFINE Wednesday, 28 March 12
31. RINSE, REPEAT, REFINE Wednesday, 28 March 12
32. 2. SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIVITY Wednesday, 28 March 12
33. 2. SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIVITY Wednesday, 28 March 12
34. WATCH BURN-OUT RATES Wednesday, 28 March 12
35. EDIT Time Output Wednesday, 28 March 12
36. GET GOOD REST & EXERCISE, 50-10 RULE Wednesday, 28 March 12
37. MITIGATE THE UNEXPECTED Wednesday, 28 March 12
38. BE HAPPY Wednesday, 28 March 12
39. 3. TROUBLESHOOTING Wednesday, 28 March 12
40. ASK QUESTIONS THE RIGHT WAY Wednesday, 28 March 12
41. HAVE SMART, SUPPORTIVE COWORKERS & FRIENDS Wednesday, 28 March 12
42. USER GROUPS, MAILING LISTS, FORUMS... GOOGLE! Wednesday, 28 March 12
43. 4. TEAMS Wednesday, 28 March 12
44. SPECIALISM ALLOWS FOCUS Wednesday, 28 March 12
45. COLLABORATION IN SMALL GROUPS Wednesday, 28 March 12
46. SHORT MEETINGS, WITH DEFINED OUTCOMES. SCRUM Wednesday, 28 March 12
47. 5. TOOLS Wednesday, 28 March 12
48. BALANCE OF NEW & FAMILIAR Wednesday, 28 March 12
49. PASSIVE COMMUNICATION: EMAIL, BASECAMP, CAMPFIRE, SKYPE Wednesday, 28 March 12
50. DIRECT COMMUNICATION: FACE-TO- FACE, SKYPE, PHONE Wednesday, 28 March 12
51. REFERENCE: WIKI (GOOGLE APPS) Wednesday, 28 March 12
52. PLANNING: PAPER, TODO LISTS (THINGS.APP), TICKET-BASED (LIGHTHOUSE APP) Wednesday, 28 March 12
53. SUPPORT: TICKETING, CUSTOMER SUPPORT (TENDER APP) Wednesday, 28 March 12
54. APPLICATION SUPPORT: EXCEPTION MONITORING (EXCEPTIONAL), SYSTEM MONITORING (SCOUT APP) Wednesday, 28 March 12
55. FRONT-END: JQUERY, HAML, SASS, JSON Wednesday, 28 March 12
56. BACKEND: RUBY, RAILS Wednesday, 28 March 12
57. VERSION CONTROL: (GIT, GITHUB) Wednesday, 28 March 12
58. SERVER: APACHE, MYSQL, LINUX Wednesday, 28 March 12
59. TESTING: UNIT & FUNCTIONAL (RSPEC), INTEGRATION (CUCUMBER) Wednesday, 28 March 12
60. INFRASTRUCTURE: RELEASE MANAGEMENT (CAPISTRANO), SERVER PROVISIONING (SPRINKLE) Wednesday, 28 March 12
61. A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN IT’S PLACE Wednesday, 28 March 12
62. 6. PROJECTS Wednesday, 28 March 12
63. ORGANISE Wednesday, 28 March 12
64. AUTOMATE Wednesday, 28 March 12
65. SHORTCUTS, FRAMEWORKS, SASS ETC. Wednesday, 28 March 12
66. PAGE VS COMPONENT BASED DESIGN Wednesday, 28 March 12
67. THANKS. QUESTIONS? Wednesday, 28 March 12