My strategy to deliver more results

Focusing on the actual delivery and not the illusion of being busy

Amazon was my first job out of college.

When I joined, a peer gave me this advice: “Move tasks from left to right in the sprint”

The entire purpose of the onboarding is to become one more of the team. Showing you can deliver. It doesn’t mean you won’t ask questions. It means you’ll find your way toward completing the task.

Despite that, I see a lot of well-onboarded people having tons of tasks in a limbo state.

They are open, but they are not making progress on them for days.

In this post, we’ll go back to the basics my peer advised me when I joined the company.

💣 What’s the problem we are trying to solve

The problem I call it administrative tax. Every open piece of work has a cost associated with it.

If you are waiting for reviews, you’ll go back to it little by little as someone new takes a look and drops some comments. For other pieces of work, at the very least you’ll be providing updates in your standup …