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Don Gray

Don Gray
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Don Gray’s goal to answer “What is the earliest indicator for a project’s status?” has led him to focus on such diverse topics as communication, personality types, team styles, systems thinking and human systems dynamics. Don’s varied interests and client experience provides a platform for helping clients introduce and work through change as they transition to agile development practices.  His blog can be found at www.donaldegray.com. Don helped create and co-Hosts the AYE Conference.

Job Function
Consulting
Industry
Manufacturing - Utilities - Communications (Non-computer)
Interests
Configuration Management
Requirements
Measurement and Estimating
Country
United States
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Don Gray

Don Gray’s goal to answer “What is the earliest indicator for a project’s status?” has led him to focus on such diverse topics as communication, personality types, team styles, systems thinking and human systems dynamics. Don’s varied interests and client experience provides a platform for helping clients introduce and work through change as they transition to agile development practices.  His blog can be found at www.donaldegray.com. Don helped create and co-Hosts the AYE Conference.

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Goal, Goal, Who's Got the Goal? Goal, Goal, Who's Got the Goal?

Don Gray explains why software development teams need three common goals: long term, mid term, and short term. These goals focus a team and provide the glue that holds the team together.
No Group Is a Team on Day OneAssembling a group of people and declaring them a team doesn’t make them one. Do you have the conditions necessary for the team to form? What activities have they completed to help them find an identity, their purpose, and how they’ll interact with each other?
The Satir Interaction Model Why Not Ask Why? Get Help From the Satir Interaction Model

Having trouble with responses to why questions? Get help from the Satir Interaction Model and learn when to use data-oriented questions.
Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

Maybe you're the kind of person who attacks a problem as soon as it crops up. Many times, it's good to act fast. But for a different point of view, read this week's column by Don Gray, who advises us to "take ten" and evaluate a situation before making a response.