It's Wednesday morning. I start to walk with my dog a little more frequently, but I get back to myself quite quickly from the cold dawn air and start putting my tasks together in my head. It will be a “demo-day.” Today we close the last two weeks and plan for the next two. The situation is simple: the projects are given, the schedules are there, all you have to do is gather the people accordingly, i.e. their available capacity.
Exactly when this happens during the morning doesn’t matter, but when it comes to afternoon planning, well, you need to be ready not to cover everyone for the next two weeks by not seeing what / what you need.
"Tell us how sexy this project is and invite them!" A few demos ago, I recorded this saying to myself on the simple and great advice. Yeah, thanks… because it's so easy, isn't it?
The problem is that what’s exciting and a new challenge for me is that the old bikers who may have seen a lot aren’t necessarily the sweetest desires of their hearts, and so let’s face it, it’s hard to win. Everyone needs to have a good time on the project and not be there for the little bitterness you would have preferred to invest your energies in something else. Or what if I don’t even see her being sexy? If you haven’t even flashed me the details that get me into your spell, and so I can’t highlight the points that would make this whole process exciting.
Based on these, by the time I get to the office, I already have quite wild ideas covering the story point that needs to be undertaken in the new project, but the real solution isn’t even outlined, and the time is getting closer. I’m ready in theory, I know how many points I need to achieve, I’m pretty much starting to get to know who I might need in this project, yes, but not only do I want to see them there!
It’s a bit like when you choose characters in the game to start the task with a perfect team for him. You know who their strengths are, and also where they are needed, just to get points. If you don’t have the capacity anymore, you certainly can’t drag your developers in, no matter how much you want to. Or if they say no because it's worth a pass.
Let’s see a situation when the bargaining in the hallway begins, between two meetings:
- "Tibi, I saw you still have 5 points; you might want to get in for a very fancy task"
- "István, can I hit your free capacity?"
- "Vince, how about a good little data-rich challenge?"
I would say that I am the master of such rapid agreements, but unfortunately, I also just watch in amazement as Gábor rolls the people down and so oops, the double point is covered. Not even half 10. Whhaaat? It is the moment for me to toast, maybe break out in sobs, or put Tibi in front of ready-made facts: either he gets into my project, or he can sit somewhere else, we will no longer be fellow-workers, and we will be eternally angry.
I prefer to keep the great performances to myself, although they would be spectacular and unexpected draws, but none of them would be too NVC or assertive, and wouldn’t be too elegant anyway, let alone professionalism. In the afternoon, in the absence of maximized points, and somewhat timidly, I stand in front of the resource board, and all that comes to my mind is for someone to save me and come enthusiastically to plan, develop. I promise it will be fun, and so on.
When a project is presented quickly, others are unexpectedly enthusiastic, and there are even spare capacities. We are! Even though it’s not my merit, I feel endless happiness, and of course, I would hug the whole team. I have to get into this design thing, but they didn’t let go and everything came together: despite my worries, and not even my professional design, help came, and it was already there. In good time, in the right place :)
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