Ways-to Decrease Performance on Tobi(as Mende)

Better Alternatives to Performance Reviews

tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende) — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Better Alternatives to Performance Reviews

Traditional performance reviews often fall short of delivering the value they promise. Even worse: They can have disastrous effects on motivation, engagement, and performance of teams and individuals. I have explored the reasons for this in detail in my last newsletter. In today’s article, I would like to explore what we can do instead to satisfy the actual needs companies and individuals might have.

Performance Reviews Considered Harmful

tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende) — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Performance Reviews Considered Harmful

Performance reviews are widely accepted in software companies to provide feedback, justify or object to promotions, and discuss compensation increases. Typically, they occur between an engineering manager and their reports, often cited as a necessary function of management within an organization. They are simply “how the world works.” Big companies do them, small companies do them, and highly paid consultants develop new and better ways of conducting them.

Ways to Decrease Performance: Daily Standups

tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende) — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Ways to Decrease Performance: Daily Standups

In this second article of my series, “Ways to Decrease Performance”, I will dive into the exciting topic of “daily standups.” Daily standups are an important ritual of many agile teams, which makes them a worthy subject in this series.

Ways to Decrease Performance: Velocity Tracking

tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende) — Sat, 15 Jul 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Ways to Decrease Performance: Velocity Tracking

This is the first article of my series, “Ways to Decrease Performance”, which intends to trigger critical reflection on common “Agile” practices, that is, practices that I see many ”agile” teams doing.