Once you've met your goal, it's time to move the goalpost.
For example, let's say you're trying to get your bug count under 50. When you meet that, it's time to move the goalpost. Celebrate your goal however you like (our team is very food-oriented, so it's usually muffins or cookies or something). Then move the goalpost. It was 50? Now get it under 30. Oh yeah, and stay there for some period of time.
When you meet your goals, go ahead and celebrate. Then move the goalpost. After all, goals aren't about easy; goals are about accomplishing better things.
Hi Catherine
ReplyDeleteVery inspirational post indeed.
But for how long can you keep moving the goalpost ? How much should you stretch it ?
Thanks
RP
Yes, you are right catherine, celebrating goals is always inportant, for team motivation its really great
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ReplyDeleteHi Catherine
Very inspirational post indeed.
But for how long can you keep moving the goalpost ? How much should you stretch it ?
Thanks
RP
RP, it'll depend on the goal. If, for example, your goal is to improve performance of your application talking over ethernet, well, you're going to have to stop once you hit wire speed! Other goals (more accurate estimation, for example), you can keep improving for a long time.
ReplyDeleteAnd once you've started over-optimizing, maybe it's time to move the goalpost to an entirely new field and start working on something else.
"move the goalpost to an entirely new field and start working on something else."
ReplyDeleteReally like this.
Thanks
RP