Let’s discuss it in tomorrow’s stand-up!
Peter
OSR
@OSRDrivers
(No, seriously: Whatever works. There’s nothing inherently WRONG with boards, like you can make on Trello or whatever, for keeping track of stuff. It’s when they are elevated to the level of a religion that the needle on my bullshit detector goes to 11)
Perhaps that is the difference then. I have long been known for a good memory and the thing I hate most about it is the useless waste of time it requires to update and maintain. It is a device that simply implies what I know already, so why bother ???
Having said that, I now manage a team of developers not all of whom have reasonable skills (IMHO or course) so devices such as this seem more reasonable now that they did when I was oppressed by them
At the moment I am using personalized programs of progress tracking and improvement. This may not be sustainable for a larger team, or one with lower standards, but it has worked for me for the last several years even in the presence of co-op students, fresh graduates and 30+ year veterans. It does rely of course on my ability to remember what I said yesterday, so again we go back to the start
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From: Tim Robertsmailto:xxxxx
Sent: March 23, 2017 12:42 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest Listmailto:xxxxx
Subject: Re: [ntdev] Re: OT: git or hg? Why?
Marion Bond wrote:
>
>
> I must put it on record that I abhor the kaban board and all the
> foolishness that goes with it
>
Although it’s possible to go overboard, I have found Kanban boards to be
a great way of tracking progress. I have never been known for my great
memory (I forget why), so I need some kind of a “to do” list to keep me
on track. As long as I take a bit of time to chop a large project into
bite-sized tasks, updating a Kanban board is both useful and satisfying,
because it gives you concrete feedback on what’s been done.
Your mileage may vary, of course, but for me it’s a great tool.
–
Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
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People like visuals (that old GUI law…) and managers are people too 
One of our customers QA got this toy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efLLTRjfFMY
Once they find an urgent bug, they put a penguin on the elevator with the ticket number on it’s back (yes, they are a Linux house… Windows teams may prefer a different animal)
– pa