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David Rice
March 28, 2012
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Productivity-Fu
How to maximise productivity in small teams. Presentation I gave at Refresh Belfast.
David Rice
March 28, 2012
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PRODUCTIVITY-FU (BY DAVID RICE) Wednesday, 28 March 12
BUSY Wednesday, 28 March 12
Wednesday, 28 March 12
Wednesday, 28 March 12
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
TIME IS OUR BEST MEASURE OF PRODUCTIVITY Wednesday, 28 March
12
MAKE TIME Wednesday, 28 March 12
STOP WATCHING LOST... Wednesday, 28 March 12
11.3 M * 113 “HOURS” = ? Wednesday, 28 March
12
Wednesday, 28 March 12
1. PRODUCTIVITY Wednesday, 28 March 12
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION Wednesday, 28 March 12
EDIT Wednesday, 28 March 12
EDIT Time Output Wednesday, 28 March 12
MYTHICAL MAN MONTH Wednesday, 28 March 12
THINK IN TERMS OF GOALS Wednesday, 28 March 12
NO REALLY, THINK Wednesday, 28 March 12
PROTOTYPE, LOW-FIDELITY Wednesday, 28 March 12
HOW QUICKLY CAN THE GOAL BE ACHIEVED, PARETO’S PRINCIPLE Wednesday,
28 March 12
ESTIMATE Wednesday, 28 March 12
SET WELL DEFINED, ACHIEVABLE GOALS Wednesday, 28 March 12
SET ACHIEVABLE GOALS Wednesday, 28 March 12
OR MOVE THEM { COST, TIME, SCOPE } Wednesday, 28
March 12
LOOSE-ENDS DRAIN YOU Wednesday, 28 March 12
IDENTIFY SHORTCUTS Wednesday, 28 March 12
DISTRACTIONS, FOCUS & FLOW Wednesday, 28 March 12
FOCUS / FLOW Wednesday, 28 March 12
STOP Wednesday, 28 March 12
CELEBRATE VICTORIES! Wednesday, 28 March 12
RINSE, REPEAT, REFINE Wednesday, 28 March 12
RINSE, REPEAT, REFINE Wednesday, 28 March 12
2. SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIVITY Wednesday, 28 March 12
2. SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTIVITY Wednesday, 28 March 12
WATCH BURN-OUT RATES Wednesday, 28 March 12
EDIT Time Output Wednesday, 28 March 12
GET GOOD REST & EXERCISE, 50-10 RULE Wednesday, 28 March
12
MITIGATE THE UNEXPECTED Wednesday, 28 March 12
BE HAPPY Wednesday, 28 March 12
3. TROUBLESHOOTING Wednesday, 28 March 12
ASK QUESTIONS THE RIGHT WAY Wednesday, 28 March 12
HAVE SMART, SUPPORTIVE COWORKERS & FRIENDS Wednesday, 28 March 12
USER GROUPS, MAILING LISTS, FORUMS... GOOGLE! Wednesday, 28 March 12
4. TEAMS Wednesday, 28 March 12
SPECIALISM ALLOWS FOCUS Wednesday, 28 March 12
COLLABORATION IN SMALL GROUPS Wednesday, 28 March 12
SHORT MEETINGS, WITH DEFINED OUTCOMES. SCRUM Wednesday, 28 March 12
5. TOOLS Wednesday, 28 March 12
BALANCE OF NEW & FAMILIAR Wednesday, 28 March 12
PASSIVE COMMUNICATION: EMAIL, BASECAMP, CAMPFIRE, SKYPE Wednesday, 28 March 12
DIRECT COMMUNICATION: FACE-TO- FACE, SKYPE, PHONE Wednesday, 28 March 12
REFERENCE: WIKI (GOOGLE APPS) Wednesday, 28 March 12
PLANNING: PAPER, TODO LISTS (THINGS.APP), TICKET-BASED (LIGHTHOUSE APP) Wednesday, 28
March 12
SUPPORT: TICKETING, CUSTOMER SUPPORT (TENDER APP) Wednesday, 28 March 12
APPLICATION SUPPORT: EXCEPTION MONITORING (EXCEPTIONAL), SYSTEM MONITORING (SCOUT APP) Wednesday,
28 March 12
FRONT-END: JQUERY, HAML, SASS, JSON Wednesday, 28 March 12
BACKEND: RUBY, RAILS Wednesday, 28 March 12
VERSION CONTROL: (GIT, GITHUB) Wednesday, 28 March 12
SERVER: APACHE, MYSQL, LINUX Wednesday, 28 March 12
TESTING: UNIT & FUNCTIONAL (RSPEC), INTEGRATION (CUCUMBER) Wednesday, 28 March
12
INFRASTRUCTURE: RELEASE MANAGEMENT (CAPISTRANO), SERVER PROVISIONING (SPRINKLE) Wednesday, 28 March
12
A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN IT’S PLACE Wednesday,
28 March 12
6. PROJECTS Wednesday, 28 March 12
ORGANISE Wednesday, 28 March 12
AUTOMATE Wednesday, 28 March 12
SHORTCUTS, FRAMEWORKS, SASS ETC. Wednesday, 28 March 12
PAGE VS COMPONENT BASED DESIGN Wednesday, 28 March 12
THANKS. QUESTIONS? Wednesday, 28 March 12