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D. Falcini
@dfalcini
Est. 1981 in Boston, MA
San Diego, CA Katılım Temmuz 2010
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@javonedmonds45 Go find the 1995 Syracuse football media guide. You'll see that Marvin Harrison lists Anita Baker as his favorite music artist.
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@BrentAxeMedia Maybe they'll play "March to the Witches Castle" next time 🤦🏻
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Former Syracuse star Marvin Harrison Jr. named to College Football Hall of Fame syracuse.com/orangefootball…
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@javonedmonds45 Could it have to do with pre-snap responsibilities and/or diagnosing defenses?
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@danwiederer Is that the proper technique to take on that block? What do you think?
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@RyanPolesIsFat_ @BradBiggs I forgot to write that in sarcasm font, my bad.
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#Bears RT Darnell Wright is en route to Santa Clara.
He did not travel with the team Saturday because of an illness.
Wright is questionable and his availability will be a game-time decision. He's had a Pro Bowl-caliber season and this is potentially good news.
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The company hired me to lead their "Agile Transformation."
I don't know what Agile means.
Nobody does.
That's why it works.
I make $425,000 a year.
To move sticky notes.
From left to right.
On a board.
The board is digital now.
The sticky notes cost $80,000 in Jira licenses.
Progress.
Day one, I said "we need to break down silos."
Everyone nodded.
Silos are bad.
I don't know why.
But destroying them is a career.
My career.
I introduced "squads."
Squads are teams.
But disrupted.
We disrupted the teams into teams.
Different names.
Same people.
Same problems.
But Agile problems now.
Agile problems are strategic.
A senior engineer asked what we're actually changing.
I said, "The mindset."
He asked what that means.
I said, "It's a journey."
He asked where we're going.
I said, "Toward agility."
He asked what agility means.
I pointed at the sticky notes.
They were moving left to right.
That's velocity.
We have velocity now.
The VP of Engineering said two-week sprints don't fit their work.
I said, "That's waterfall thinking."
Waterfall is bad.
Like silos.
I don't know what waterfall is.
But I know it's bad.
She stopped talking.
Waterfall accusations end conversations.
We had a retrospective.
In the retro, we discussed what went wrong.
Everything went wrong.
We put it on sticky notes.
Then we moved the sticky notes.
Into a column called "Parking Lot."
The Parking Lot is where problems go to die.
It's full.
We don't look at it.
That's agile.
Velocity is up 40%.
I defined velocity.
I also defined the points.
I also defined the stories.
We're crushing it.
At the things I made up.
To measure.
Ourselves.
The CEO asked for ROI.
I showed a chart.
The chart went up.
Charts should go up.
This one did.
I didn't label the Y-axis.
Nobody asked.
Leadership is confidence.
We do standups now.
Every day.
We stand.
For 45 minutes.
Standing is agile.
Sitting is waterfall.
My legs hurt.
But we're transforming.
The transformation is now "Phase 3."
Phase 1 was assessment.
Phase 2 was implementation.
Phase 3 is "continuous improvement."
Continuous means forever.
Forever means job security.
I'm very secure.
My contract was extended.
Three more years.
For "cultural impact."
The culture is confused.
But impacted.
Agile transformation isn't about being agile.
It's about transforming.
Continuously.
Toward more transformation.
The destination is the journey.
The journey is billable.
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@AdamHoge Adam, any discussion amongst NFL teams to eliminate division games in the first 4 weeks of the season? They carry too much weight to be played in the sloppiest weeks.
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@patrickfinley Million dollar question... what are the definitions of FULL and LIMITED per the NFL?
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#Ravens put out a statement. Will be very interesting to see if the league disciplines them.
Baltimore Ravens@Ravens
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@ItalyFocusFc Maybe it's good we don't qualify so the world isn't subjected to this garbage.
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