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Author: mnbf9rca

  • From RICE to ICE: which framework for your project?

    I’ve previously explained the RICE and ICE techniques for prioritisation. Both techniques are frameworks used to evaluate and rank projects or tasks based on their potential impact, feasibility, and difficulty. However, I wanted to highlight the two key differences between them to help you chose the right tool for your project. The ICE technique (Impact,…

  • Ice, Ice Baby: Chill Out and Prioritise with the ICE Technique

    Yesterday, i talked about the RICE technique for prioritisation. Today, i want to introduce ICE technique, another prioritisation framework used to evaluate and prioritise tasks or projects based on three factors: Impact, Confidence, and Ease. Tomorrow, i’ll compare them both. To use the ICE technique, each item is assigned a score out of 10 for…

  • You want RICE with that?

    Imagine that you are a product manager at a software company, and you have three potential features to prioritise for the next development cycle. How do you pick between them? There are many ways, but one i recently learned about is the RICE model – a prioritisation framework used by product managers, teams, and organisations…

  • Are you A senior developer, or THE lead developer

    In our world, we organise in Pods – an autonomous group of 6-9 people with all the skills needed to solve a problem. Multiple Pods form a Team. Within a Pod, there can be multiple Senior Developers, but only a single Lead Developer. They have different and overlapping responsibilities and accountabilities. Every project must have exactly one Lead Developer, and…

  • Names change, and so do email addresses

    We’ve recently been rolling out a new internal application. At our organisation, users have an email address which is generally firstname.lastname@company.com, or something like that. When a user logs in to the application, the app will look them up using their email address and figure out what parts of the application the user should be…

  • The Two Email Rule: When to Escalate from Email to Real Conversation

    When i think back to the deepest of the many deep holes i’ve dug myself in to over the years, they almost all start with an email. When working through my inbox, it’s all too easy to just bash out a reply and hit send. Usually, that’s fine – a quick email is all it…

  • How to: LetsEncrypt in standalone mode for Unifi on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

    This is an update of my previous post, now that cert-manager is more mature, and i’ve rebuilt my server on Ubuntu 20.04 (from 18.04). Install certbot Certbot installation instructions are at online of course but here’s a summary: Create a new certificate using LetsEncrypt We’re going to use standalone mode, and first we’ll get a…

  • Can you do that new job?

    Generally when evaluating someone for a role, I look for 5 things: Behaviours – how do they operate in a team? Do they admit to mistakes and learn from them? Do they help others? Communicate and live to their personal values? Are those values ones I want people in the team to live to? Accountability…

  • Fix: AccessToKeyVaultDenied when using KeyVault with Function App application setting

    After following the instructions on the MS website to establish a KeyVault reference and place that in my App Settings, I set up a Managed Service Identity and grant that identity access to my KeyVault key. Next, wishing to follow Microsoft’s advice and secured a firewall around the KeyVault, ensuring that I checked the Allow…

  • The 9 Ps

    I often have conversations with friends and colleagues about their careers. And many times, i point people to a great blog post by my colleague Liz Aab, about the “7 Ps”. But i always find myself adding two to the list, so i thought i’d just post it here. There are lots of factors which…