Technical Advise Week #18/19 - Did We Miss One?

In the Agile paradigm the group is empowered to keep the project on track and to compensate for misgiving that occur. Given this condition, we would have expected that someone would have come forward to remind us that we had skipped a week. We got SILENCE... what does this mean? Is it that we have no readership, was it the holiday season, or was it something else? Max & my response is to provide guidance in what we can control therefore; 1. we have provided ourselves with a To Do list reminder, 2. we ask that you remind us if we are remiss, and 3. if we know that there is a condition (like a holiday) that will be occuring we will take proactive measures to address the issue before it arises. We wanted to bring this up because there are many lessons to be learned from this, all of which are project applicable.

Here is the lessons;

1. Group empowerment is important and a step towards responsibility & accountability,
2. If you are expecting something to happen take proactive measures to address it,
3. Don't rely on others, but don't be afraid to ask for help if it involves them, and
4. Remember that you can only control those things that are within your span of control. Others are accountable for self-control.

Next week Dad is going to Beijing and Yentai as a part of the International Institute for Outsource Management effort and the formation of the International Outsource Management Research Center (IOMRC). This is a great initiative and is uniquely positioned to mature the outsourcing market from the provider side. Given this it may be possible that we may have a couple of weeks lag, we will see whether Dad can do this remotely for us. Since we will communicate with him via Skype we are sure that he will be kept appraised of domestic matters.

- Mabel & Max