The GROWS Method® Institute

GROW code. GROW people. GROW capability.

[maltefiala @maltefiala]

My field report has just been released on the GROWS Method® website. I highly recommend the framework for creating the basis for successful endeavours: https://t.co/rxOylXcBl2

#growsmethod #agile @tbrill5 @pragmaticandy @donaldegray

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Mark your calendars! We're doing a rare public workshop of our GROWS Project Simulator on 11/15. Get together with your team and see what happens when you make the right decisions, the hard decisions, and the wrong decisions. Details and sign up coming shortly.

[The GROWS Method® Institute @growsmethod]

Watch @PragmaticAndy talk about the realities of developing software in this keynote from Agile India 2022.

Hint: we're the problem ;)

[Agile India @agileindia]

[VIDEO] "Fixing the Ultimate Legacy System: You" keynote by @PragmaticAndy at #AgileIndia 2022.
https://t.co/4EdOJMdKXD

#PragmaticProgrammer #PragmaticThinking #PragmaticLearning

[The GROWS Method® Institute @growsmethod]

Becoming an expert involves 10000 hours ... AND

Repeated experience in the domain building patterns. AND

a Valid Environment for learning AND

Timely feedback AND

Deliberate practice in your uncomfortable zone.

https://t.co/zdBgJhY1t0

#expert #learning

[The GROWS Method® Institute @growsmethod]

If

* Teams complain about the scarcity of information in their work
* Dev/QA teams constantly feud over a particular requirement
* Developers are told what to do, and never seem to do the right thing

Remove Proxies to People https://t.co/GuPsZLm10w

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If you can't get people to Agree to Try, you need to Create Psychological Safety.

Check out the pain points and assessment.

https://t.co/FGSMNLflJw

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Thinking about a "transformation" at work?

Currently in the middle of one that isn't going well?

Did the people involved Agree To Try? https://t.co/KgmoAt9Fav

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Having problems with software development? This may explain why.

There's more than edit/build/deploy!

[The GROWS Method® Institute @growsmethod]

Rudeness and incivility lowers performance and can lead to fatal errors. OTOH, respect boosts both performance & profits.

https://t.co/V1eTRjFdda

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March newsletter now out!

Read it here: https://t.co/QvD9TCnquJ

Sign up at https://t.co/jFfWCKXXAP

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@JennyKCMO We've been sorta on hold since Covid, but we're starting up online workshops now. Sign up on our mailing list and join the forum to stay in the loop!

[Marcelo Trevisani @mdtrevisani]

I just want to share that the book "The Pragmatic Programmer" was the book which changed my career in a very good way as a Software Engineer. Many thanks to the authors @PragmaticAndy @pragdave .

Which books changed your life as a developer?

[The GROWS Method® Institute @growsmethod]

The GROWs Method forum is getting ready to vote for their next read here:

https://t.co/6vpbf0PBtX .

Swing by, vote, and join us in 2020.

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Hey! Would you like to participate in a UX study for our new website and workshop offerings? It will take one hour, and I’ll send you a signed copy of Pragmatic Thinking & Learning as thanks.

Email me at [email protected], first 10 win!

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Not too late to join the study hall for reading “The Fearless Organization” by Amy Edmondson. Look in the study hall category at https://t.co/w7ggGrEie8

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Why Deadlines Don’t Work

https://t.co/aVxyC9ezV0

[The GROWS Method® Institute @growsmethod]

New blog post: "The Four Keys To Rapid Response Software Development.”

https://t.co/q9laWbMOkW

[The GROWS Method® Institute @growsmethod]

Assumptions are based on assumptions.

It’s assumptions all the way down.

[Tim Ottinger @tottinge]

Having certificates has nothing to do with being agile.
At all.
Nor does knowledge of Jira/Rally/VersionOne/etc.

[The GROWS Method® Institute @growsmethod]

Join Don Gray for live Q&A on The GROWS™ Method on Monday:

https://t.co/h5vgCa1UsA
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