Andrew DiederichDay 2. Reviewed someone else's slide in my deck, it had errors. We'll see what they do about that tomorrow. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 3. The error slide got described as an MMP-mininum marketable product. Someone earned their MBA. They got all of the meeting actions. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 4. Saw zero slides today; lightly unsettled about that. Had two meetings and a business lunch to offset it.
Day 5. Handed out many business cards. You still hand out business cards now, right? Asking for a friend. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 6. No meetings, wait-list win pulled me up by two flights. #ivegotthis #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 8. Stayed 3 nights in a hotel I had no points in. Truly, living on the edge. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 9. Was excited to see what the team did over the weekend since the increment closes sooner than you'd expect (holidays!). Turns out that no-one wanted to come in over the weekend? #uncomrehending #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 10. Spent the day convincing devs that the "Acceptance Criteria" field in epics is meaningful and useful.
Tomorrow: Will spend the day saying that the AC field is still useful. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 11. Now having to choose between cloud providers but secretly wanting to be on prem. Am likely to pick all of the above.
Devs are adding acceptance criteria to next increment's epics. I'll review it in a week as an early 🎄🎁. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 12. Pulled together a proto #DevSecOps team together to hammer out a problem. Finished in an hour. Having the right people fix the right things is awesome. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 13. Paperwork day. Timecards a plenty, taking a whole, full hours of vacation. Winning! #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 16. After a long weekend off, moving into vacation. Time to disconnect. Only worked for an hour, starting a RASCI chart for a nefarious scheme. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 17. Mostly resting; last day of vacation this week. Found out that I missed a meeting yesterday. A little sad about that. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 18. They still remembered that I missed Monday's meeting and will hold it over me all year. The joke's on them; year's almost done. We are in the magic time when Agile stories and epics close, just in time for EVMS reporting. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
(Not a joke-we use both Agile and earned value simultaneously. And you thought programming was hard!)
Day 19. Verified yesterday's weekly report was still correct. Reviewed several tables for accuracy. In a surprising spurt of technical work, downloaded all the latest Python whls for our approved libraries and wrote a bash script. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Day 20. Thought about doing some FOSS software. I hear there's some good money in it, just need to pick the right license. Good things that they're so many to choose from! #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
Decided against developing an integrated master schedule for the annual trip to the https://www.christkindlmarketdenver.com. It was touch and go, but we made it through. Retrospective: get there early, eat first. #AdventProjectManagerOfCode #AdventOfCode
