From 42db4db26864304261592e010e71a1ccce85af02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Eberhardt Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 11:57:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] minor edits - author attribution - playbook => guide - heading styles --- _posts/2023-09-07-RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md | 19 ++++++++++--------- _posts/2023-09-08-ProjectWeekOne.md | 17 +++++++++-------- 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/_posts/2023-09-07-RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md b/_posts/2023-09-07-RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md index 76e7f68..69d880e 100644 --- a/_posts/2023-09-07-RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md +++ b/_posts/2023-09-07-RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md @@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ date: 2023-09-07 10:31:51 +0100 author: Atika Bennamane --- -Things to consider before diving into your workshop to make sure it's as -successful as can be. +by Atika Bennamane + +Things to consider before diving into your workshop to make sure it's as successful as can be. **About this series** - The Practitioner's Guides are designed to be small practical guides for IT professionals - authored by the team at [Scott Logic](https://www.scottlogic.com/). We draw on our collective experience to tackle topics that we don't feel are addressed elsewhere. Our hope is that these little 'value adds' will help you just as much as they have helped us. -This guide is made available under the permissive Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). +This guide is made available under the permissive Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). -## Intro +## Introduction One of the hardest things in software engineering isn\'t technology, it's people! Whether we're soliciting requirements from stakeholders or @@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ individually. Well, that's the theory. Unfortunately, workshops aren't always easy. There are a whole host of -ways they can go wrong (many of which we'll cover in this playbook). And +ways they can go wrong (many of which we'll cover in this guide). And more often than not, once a workshop is heading in the wrong direction, it's downhill from thereon. @@ -42,13 +43,13 @@ interaction. These all significantly undermine the togetherness that makes workshops ... work. For better, or for worse, remote workshops are here to stay, and it is -our job to try and make them effective. In this playbook we'll cover the +our job to try and make them effective. In this guide we'll cover the challenges we've found and provide practical solutions that will hopefully put you on the right path. -## This Playbook +## This Guide -This Playbook has been split into three different sections, 'Before the +This guide has been split into three different sections, 'Before the workshop', 'During the workshop' and 'After the workshop' as there are distinct activities related to each of these your workshop timeline. The intention is that this guide can be used as and when you need it rather @@ -456,7 +457,7 @@ upsetting yourself or anyone else. concerns have been captured. - **Alarms and timers are your friend.** As we mentioned earlier in - the playbook under the facilitator role, timeboxing is one of the + the guide under the facilitator role, timeboxing is one of the most crucial elements of running an online workshop. If the tool you are using has a built in timer, make use of it at every opportunity you can. If it doesn't consider setting alarms elsewhere, either on diff --git a/_posts/2023-09-08-ProjectWeekOne.md b/_posts/2023-09-08-ProjectWeekOne.md index ae30b6c..44ed021 100644 --- a/_posts/2023-09-08-ProjectWeekOne.md +++ b/_posts/2023-09-08-ProjectWeekOne.md @@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ date: 2023-09-08 author: Catherine Pratt --- -How a seasoned pro lays the \[x\] foundations for project success during -week 1 of a project +by Catherine Pratt + +How a seasoned pro lays the foundations for project success during the first week of a project **About this series** - The Practitioner's Guides are designed to be small practical guides for IT professionals - authored by the team at [Scott Logic](https://www.scottlogic.com/). We draw on our collective experience to tackle topics that we don't feel are addressed elsewhere. Our hope is that these little 'value adds' will help you just as much as they have helped us. -This guide is made available under the permissive Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). +This guide is made available under the permissive Creative Commons [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). -## INTRO: +## Introduction Today I am going to explain how an experienced manager can arrive on a project, follow a few simple but key guidelines to create the foundation @@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ this advice and set up their project with strong foundations. In this guide I'll talk about the key steps that a pro would complete in the first week of a project...and I'll avoid all the complicated jargon. -## MEET THE HERO(S): +## Meet the Hero(s) Over the course of their career, a typical project manager starts and finishes numerous projects, spanning a variety of industries. A project @@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ with you are things that aren't discussed in your standard delivery approach. These are the little gems that make the real difference but that nobody tells you when you start. -## RESULTS: +## Results By following the key steps to success, you will ensure that you have: @@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ By following the key steps to success, you will ensure that you have: So, what are these keys? Keep reading to find out how you too can set yourself up for success time after time after time. -## SIX KEYS TO SUCCESS: +## Six keys to success ### **Key 1: Stakeholder management** @@ -500,7 +501,7 @@ sit down on Monday after a weekend off and realise that you were bombarded with so much information during week one that you have not managed to retain it all. -## CONCLUSION +## Conclusion Week one on any project is fast paced, possibly chaotic but certainly a time when you will be taking on more information than you can process.