Delivery reality checks
Small tools for expensive delivery habits
Six useful, lightly satirical checks for vague requests, costly meetings, woolly status updates, wandering milestones, vanity metrics, and Friday releases.
Fake feature request generator
How to write a software feature request before it becomes a 15-ticket epic
Type a ridiculous business ask—try “Make the home banner more synergistic for Millennial cat owners”—and get a 15-step epic of funny agile user stories.
Open the checkMeeting-to-salary cost estimator
Cost of alignment meetings calculator for the call that still needs a purpose
Default scene: 8 people at 145,000 average salary, arguing about a feature that does not have written requirements yet.
Open the checkPlain-language status decoder
Corporate status update translator for the email that says everything except the status
Paste a bloated status email and get the facts, the open decision, and a useful next step. The text stays in your browser.
Open the checkChange impact simulator
Milestone randomizer for seeing what one more priority does to the date
Pick a date, describe the new priority, and see the likely schedule impact if the existing scope stays put.
Open the checkVanity metrics check
Project status report paintbrush for testing whether green has evidence
One button makes every risk look festive. The point is to ask what evidence the color is standing on.
Open the checkFriday release risk check
Friday afternoon deployment engine for checking release risk before 4:55 PM
The window is Friday at 4:55. Check the release assumptions before the weekend checks them for you.
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