In your Definition of Done you should have one hidden item, personally for yourself - Present your work!
As a manager for engineers, for me, it’s easy to earn points for work my folks delivered, I like talking and make connections.
…but I don’t do it.
Instead, my goal is to help my folks to build a brand around their names.
We chat about feature, work they did, and how and where they should announce about it.
Some stuff can be simply a Slack message in an Engineering channel, other can be a 5-minute walkthrough in the Engineering guild call, more serious stuff should go into Brown bag session.
When you are done with your Task, Epic, Project or Initiative — it’s not 100% done for you until you go out and share news about your work.
- Don’t abuse it, not everything should be announced outside your team, don’t spam. Check with your team or manager if it is worth to share out.
- Measure your work to decide the best approach to make an announcement.
- Don’t be shy. I know not everyone like to speak outside the
closecircle. Ask for help, you will find people will glad-fully help you to organize stuff and support you.
Presenting is a hard skill you need to train, it will build a better communication skill too, and set a mindset of an early awareness for you to identify how to build and present a project.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.