Yes I give estimates when asked. I use the priority list to negotiate the number of deliverables agreed to. The list makes it easy for biz people to balance time vs. deliverables.
Yes if #1 is blocked then I work on #2 until #1 is unblocked. And if #2 is blocked then I work on #3 etc.
I use a single prioritised list to manage teams. The list is public to the team and I rearrange it as needed when new discoveries/obstacles warrant it. I also let team member choose which tasks they want to work on. As long as it is one of the high priority tasks. I don’t know if individual team members have their own list. I don’t care how they do their work as long as it gets done at high quality.
I also publicly list tasks completed and the people who completed them. It makes it very obvious to everybody who the most productive people are. It’s a great motivator for the team because everybody wants to be #1.
I have delivered successful software for 30+ years without sprints or any other ceremonies. I simply keep a prioritised “to do” list and only work on what is the #1 priority. I do it when managing development teams and when working as part of a team. It’s simple. It works. And when asked to change priorities, it is clear from the priority list what the consequences will be. And usually people will change their minds when they can easily see the consequences. It also means that you never need to say no. You simply add the new task to the priority list and negotiate whether it moves up/down relative to other tasks.
My company hired a number of PhDs. They were all smart and well educated but for some reason couldn’t turn that knowledge into working software. So they were all fired in less that a year.
I don’t respect people who can’t get their work done during regular hours. If you are not smart enough to focus on what is most important, and ignore the rest, then you are not as smart as you think.
Try and replace attractive men and woman in movies with average people and see how quickly movie sales will drop. Men and woman enjoy watching attractive men/woman doing interesting stuff.
I have read most of the stuff he has written and it is 95% fluff and 5% ideas. Lots of promises and self-promoting. Very little actual value. In contrast, I have also read Einstein’s book about relativity. The difference is like night and day. Einstein: 100% mind blowing ideas. 0% self-promoting.
OA is being narcissistic not vulnerable. There is a big difference. Instead of proving his theories by developing new games and showing the world how to do it, he gets upset that nobody recognises him as a genius, based on him doing a few somewhat successful games many years ago.
It is really off putting when people constantly try to convince the world that they are special/geniuses. In the case of Chris Crawford, he hasn’t developed anything interesting for a very long time and yet still continues to pop up from time to time demanding that everybody recognises what a special snowflake genius he is. Yes he did write some interesting games many years ago. So did many other game developers. Many with larger, longer term impact than Chris.
It isn't. Unless you make it complicated. Developers spend time making things complicated. And then more time complaining that things are complicated. Followed by even more time "solving" what is complicated by making it complicated in different ways. Repeat. Yawn.
Yes if #1 is blocked then I work on #2 until #1 is unblocked. And if #2 is blocked then I work on #3 etc.
I use a single prioritised list to manage teams. The list is public to the team and I rearrange it as needed when new discoveries/obstacles warrant it. I also let team member choose which tasks they want to work on. As long as it is one of the high priority tasks. I don’t know if individual team members have their own list. I don’t care how they do their work as long as it gets done at high quality.
I also publicly list tasks completed and the people who completed them. It makes it very obvious to everybody who the most productive people are. It’s a great motivator for the team because everybody wants to be #1.