Electrify! Not always a good thing, but in many projects, it might just be what the doctor has ordered. A lot of projects are just too long when it comes to really make people enthusiastic about it. So, what will make the project go ‘bang’, just the way we want it?
Add young people. This is, as many eighties series show us, a very simple action. ‘Young dogs’ in our project can give a lot of energy to the people already in it. Let the older and more experienced persons show off their skills and can give some fresh new insights in ways of designing and developing. It can take the tunnel-vision away.
Shorter iterations. Of course, obvious. But when faced with some dreadful deadlines, even the most dull project can regain new energies. Deadlines are there to keep, so everyone needs to step up.
The bell. Not always, in all teams a success, but sometimes ringing a bell can make people a bit more competitive. This can be achieved in more than one way. Not only ringing a centralised bell in the middle of the development room when a user story is finished, but think about other means. Like winning a dinner with your girlfriend when you’re the first to finish in a sprint cycle.
Are there any more way’s you can come up with to electrify the project-team? Any idea will do, nothing is too weird!
