No gantt charts were moved during this episode.
We discussed topics like:
🤝 Estimation is a ritual for stakeholder trust, but it's bad for you if unmitigated
👑 Prototyping and continuous delivery can alleviate perfectionism and stress
👥 Key people in your company may not communicate with each other, leading to silos and inefficiencies
💣 Collaborate with the people who requested the software, not just get requirements from them
🎁 Planning should focus on results and outcomes, not predictions of busy work
🎙 Watch “Do you need to plan so much?”
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Agenda Board
Key MomentsBest jokes
“We will present you the best tools to move 6 months of planning week by week without delays!“
“Planning is the art of postponing tasks into the future.“
“Welcome to continuous post-poning.“
“It’s okay to use gantt charts, but you don’t have foresight. You are an engineer, not a psyker. Less Warhammer. More Neuromancer. 🧠“
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