Dec 23
How to energize geeks to attack a failing project - Rands in Response
- R: I listed the 10 worst bugs I’d found during the weekend on the board. Next to each bug, I drew four boxes: Root cause, Fix identified, Fixed, Tested
- R: I grabbed a handful of dry erase pens and rolled the board into the architect’s office and said, “This is all we’re working on”.
- A: He stared at the board for 10 minutes and finally nodded, “Good, but each person needs their own color and you should assign points for each of the boxes. 10 points for root cause and fix identification, 5 for fixes and tests.”
- R: “Points for what?”
- A: “Points for points. We’re geeks.”
