From 70929ec8ece9362bcb6660870e85d2034e530301 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jcollier Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 09:01:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] restore lost changes --- _pages/ProjectWeekOne.md | 9 ++++++--- _pages/RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md | 21 ++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/_pages/ProjectWeekOne.md b/_pages/ProjectWeekOne.md index 585535a..3f3a9c0 100644 --- a/_pages/ProjectWeekOne.md +++ b/_pages/ProjectWeekOne.md @@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ date: 14-09-2023 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 Scott Logic practitioner's guides are designed to be small practical guides for IT professionals. We draw on our collective @@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ 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. -## Intro +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/). + +## 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 diff --git a/_pages/RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md b/_pages/RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md index d1485c9..6dd2a7c 100644 --- a/_pages/RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md +++ b/_pages/RemoteWorkshopReadiness.md @@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ date: 24-06-2023 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 Scott Logic practitioner's guides are designed to be small practical guides for IT professionals. We draw on our collective @@ -14,7 +15,9 @@ 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. -## Intro +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/). + +## Introduction One of the hardest things in software engineering isn\'t technology, it's people! Whether we're soliciting requirements from stakeholders or @@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ 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. @@ -44,13 +47,13 @@ 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 @@ -439,7 +442,7 @@ consider when it comes to collaboration and engagement. Tangents aren't always a bad thing but they can distract from the goal of your workshop. As we have discussed at various points in the -playbook, make sure that you keep your eyes on the prize and are focused +guide, make sure that you keep your eyes on the prize and are focused on your desired output. Telling people to be quiet or to move on can be intimidating, uncomfortable and spoil that feeling of psychological safety that you have just worked so hard to create. Here are some tips @@ -458,7 +461,7 @@ 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