Since Riya was born, we've been pretty occupied learning new things about ourselves. Between us, our families, relatives and friends, it has been a joy to share the new feelings. Some feelings that are overwhelmingly dramatic, for example feeding to be accomplished within time constraints, otherwise she will let you know about it! Learning this … Continue reading Back to Reality
Category: Development
New Year, New Challenges
Focusing away for a moment from career to personal life. A whole new chapter awaits for a special arrival in the New Year. Taking the challenges to new heights - not just to learn for self nor the team, but to be a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a colleague - being there … Continue reading New Year, New Challenges
5 Years & Onwards
It seems such an achievement, yet not long ago it was a mission to stay a float. The struggles were long and hard, but was well worth the shot. So you want to know exactly what it is one has been working on over the last 5 years... Here's a list of some of the … Continue reading 5 Years & Onwards
Spotting for Bottlenecks
Spotting for bottlenecks around processes and production never seem quite clear at first glance. Recognising a pattern of concerns is usually the common ground to identifying where bottlenecks appear. Sometimes it could be a single point of concern down to a multitude points of concerns. From clarification, technical know how to co-operation. Aligning clarification will … Continue reading Spotting for Bottlenecks
Recognition
It seems apparent, we're all in it together (teamwork makes the dream work). Driving behavioural change in ways that one can understand and adapt (questioning). Excluding the word I and including others (individuals, teams, departments or cross platform). Making others aware of the context and giving them credit to the situation (a sense of achievement). … Continue reading Recognition
Looking through the lens…
Looking through the lens... with detail. Observing by listening and watching to what users have to say. Seeing in action, the fast-paced environment. The vast amount of tools and systems in use just to get the job done. Trying to understand the users current knowledge of features with-in a system vs their limitation on time … Continue reading Looking through the lens…
Craftsmanship vs Continuous Production
In a line of duty, when duty calls... Quality craftsmanship is needed when many issues occur. Sometimes having to question almost everything to understand the start to end process. Usually when user stories change more often during production and the need to get more clarification. Whilst keeping on top of demand, it's urgent - meeting … Continue reading Craftsmanship vs Continuous Production
Things I’ve learnt…
Identifying problems and providing solutions... Problem: Teaching only works when the learner is eager to pick up and trial new things outside their comfort zones without worrying about deadlines around time management. Solution: But of course is aware of time taken to complete the task in hand, informing those that need to know how much … Continue reading Things I’ve learnt…
Awareness of Communication
There's no problem talking about real issues that have a large impact. Based on day to day activities, if something is taking longer then usual then you've got a problem. Whether it's a long winded process, a hardware or software system, network, or performance issue - all cost time. Take a random day of the … Continue reading Awareness of Communication
New Strategy
Having time spent reviewing code bases and realising where to optimise productivity. Helping out not just the end users, but the developers either sides of the teams. One of the biggest issue with our monolithic system is where to find certain features. This is because of many reasons. Built by different developers all at different … Continue reading New Strategy
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