https://blog.jstassen.com/ A place for collecting my miscellaneous thoughts. Sat, 12 Feb 2022 07:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://blog.jstassen.com/2021/12/book-review-multipliers/#comment-106 Sat, 12 Feb 2022 07:48:56 +0000 https://blog.jstassen.com/?p=1295#comment-106 […] deeper on team culture: Elegant ProblemGoing deeper on leading with positive impact: MultipliersGoing deeper on project management: Waltzing with […]

]]> https://blog.jstassen.com/2020/09/why-do-we-estimate-stories/#comment-105 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 00:34:49 +0000 http://blog.jstassen.com/?p=1108#comment-105 […] most common items that impact software project timelines: Scheduling Flaw (ill informed project timeline), Requirements Inflation (additional unplanned work), Turnover (staff leaving), Specification […]

]]> https://blog.jstassen.com/2020/09/planning-quarter-roadmap-for-a-team/#comment-104 Thu, 15 Apr 2021 06:20:20 +0000 http://blog.jstassen.com/?p=1143#comment-104 […] “Managers, afraid of appearing to not be in control, believe that they have to know everything – or at least act like they do. […] The better approach, I believe, is to accept that we can’t understand every facet of a complex environment and to focus, instead, on techniques to deal with combining different viewpoints.” […]

]]> https://blog.jstassen.com/2020/09/why-do-we-estimate-stories/#comment-103 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:31:29 +0000 http://blog.jstassen.com/?p=1108#comment-103 […] or at least act like they do. […] The better approach, I believe, is to accept that we can’t understand every facet of a complex environment and to focus, instead, on techniques to deal with combining different […]

]]> https://blog.jstassen.com/2019/10/code-reviews-on-closed-pull-requests/#comment-102 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 18:31:10 +0000 http://blog.jstassen.com/?p=877#comment-102 […] “Candor is only valuable if the person on the receiving end is open to it and willing“ […]

]]> https://blog.jstassen.com/2020/09/planning-quarter-roadmap-for-a-team/#comment-101 Tue, 06 Apr 2021 07:42:25 +0000 http://blog.jstassen.com/?p=1143#comment-101 […] Outside of this schedule there still may be additional team meetings such as Project Planning, Project Kickoffs, or Planning Quarter Roadmap. […]

]]> https://blog.jstassen.com/2015/04/tips-my-favorite-sublime-3-packages/#comment-100 Sun, 18 Oct 2020 18:57:50 +0000 http://blog.jstassen.com/?p=561#comment-100 […] Related post: Favorite Sublime 3 Packages […]

]]> https://blog.jstassen.com/2020/09/why-do-we-estimate-stories/#comment-99 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 15:59:59 +0000 http://blog.jstassen.com/?p=1108#comment-99 […] to pick something in the middle or even the pessimistic estimation. I wrote about a related topic, Why We Estimate Stories which goes further into the cautions of under […]

]]> https://blog.jstassen.com/2020/09/planning-quarter-roadmap-for-a-team/#comment-98 Thu, 01 Oct 2020 04:54:43 +0000 http://blog.jstassen.com/?p=1143#comment-98 […] with external stakeholders for when tasks and projects might be completed. I wrote more on Planning Roadmaps & Project Estimation in another […]

]]> https://blog.jstassen.com/2017/08/immutable-js-get-vs-getin/#comment-97 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 16:09:44 +0000 http://blog.jstassen.com/?p=797#comment-97 […] can also use .updateIn() for deeply nested data. Read my post on Immutable get() vs .getIn() to see how it […]

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