Patrick Wojdowski

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@metrolosangeles @ameaproductions The Metro Transit Watch App could be used for this. It’s not intended for praise, but the app developers could easily add a commendation option. But, oh, that app has been “temporarily unavailable” for a month or more now.

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@metrolaalerts And then a Santa Monica-bound train arrived about 2 minutes later.

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@metrolaalerts At Metro/7th

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@metrolaalerts the main elevator at Universal Station wasn’t working at 9am this morning nor was it working at 5:45pm. https://t.co/iVmnhnwAGf doesn’t show that it’s out of service.

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@_lej44 Perhaps the SO HOA prevented them from getting the redevelopment permit but the HOA didn’t get the cafe shut down.

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@_lej44 I read the article by Martha Williams that you screenshotted. It says that the owner/developer evicted the tenant businesses in anticipation of redeveloping the property to something taller but before they had a permit to do so, then failed to get a permit for that redevelopment.

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@rcwhiteley @sciencegirl I was going to say that. If she’s going to call herself science girl, she should use proper scientific method.

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@metrolaalerts Is North Hollywood-Vermont/Santa Monica open?

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@metrolaalerts @FlathenDeGlob @LAPDHQ @metrolosangeles Can you update the alerts page on the website?

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@metrolaalerts Ambassadors at Westlake/MacArthur and Wilshire/Vermont told us those stations were closed.

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@NWSLosAngeles

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

12/24 7:19am. Studio City. Tujunga Wash at Laurel Canyon Blvd between Moorpark St & US-101. Car floating by at very end of video.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

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.

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@cwebbonline Janitors who were likely immigrants who he wanted to deport. Who would pick up his trash then?

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@cd4losangeles @Rap @Rap or @LACityParks ?

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@metrolosangeles Here are photos of the stop area with no sign. I also just submitted a complaint on the Metro Transit Watch app.

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@metrolosangeles Why is there no sign indicating the location of the stop for the southbound 224 bus at the North Hollywood B/G line station (on Lankershim at Chandler)?

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@metrolosangeles Sorry! I didn’t and don’t have plans to go back.

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@rerutled When you figure that out, let me know!

[Patrick Wojdowski @PWojdowski]

@cmclymer What about Jan 1-Jan 20? Wouldn’t that make at least 6?