One of the first things I do when coming into a new company is figure out where people are writing tasks down. The phenomenon I call Task Sprawl is an insidious beast. It spawns slowly, feeding on the best intentions of issue-labellers and kanban-board-organizers. Its hold on your organization's productivity is carefully disguised as reassurance and oversight. Very rarely will any long-term team members be able to detect its presence -- it's simply been there too long, imperceptibly embedded in the process, like paint on the wall.
002. Prioritization
One of the first things I do when coming into a new company is figure out where people are writing tasks down. The phenomenon I call Task Sprawl is an insidious beast. It spawns slowly, feeding on the best intentions of issue-labellers and kanban-board-organizers. Its hold on your organization's productivity is carefully disguised as reassurance and oversight. Very rarely will any long-term team members be able to detect its presence -- it's simply been there too long, imperceptibly embedded in the process, like paint on the wall.