Before enlightenment, chop wood and carry water; after enlightenment, chop wood and carry water. — Zen proverb
We are all familiar with some version of less resources, time and skill challenge on our projects
I have learned the hard way that process matters more than milestones
Once I got that in my head, failure felt different - and the rate of success improved considerably
3 tips that were intrinsic part of the process
- Ask developers to explain the requirement that they were building for
- Shorter, more in-person and more frequent touchpoint to avoid any wastage
- Work on only one thing at a time - till it is completed
These are simple but hard to follow rules
The act of doing - Of chopping wood and carrying water - or writing code, debugging and deploying - is the same
Its the mental focus of the act, and the quality of output that changes dramatically when we have a process
I still struggle to do these on an hourly basis
The temptation to move faster and do more things is very difficult to get over
But I am trying :)
