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30 Day Improvement Sprints

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I'm using 30 day improvement sprints as a way to sharpen my skills.  I pick a focus to work on and I committ to improving it for a 30 day timebox.  Committing to 30 days of improvement in a focused area, is easier to swallow than changing for life.  However, improving an area for 30 days, is actually life changing.

With 30 days, persistence and time are on my side.  It's a big enough time box that I can try different techniques, while building proficiency.  Using 30 days makes working through hurdles easier too.  A lot of the hurldles I hit in my first week, are gone by week 2.  Little improvements each day, add up quickly.  I look back on how many things I tried for a week and stopped thinking I hadn't made progress.  The trick was, I didn't get to week 2 to see my results.  Lesson learned!

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  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2007
    Interesting idea....what kinds of tips do you have on techniques to make 30 day sprints more effective?

  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2007
    I'd also love to see some examples of some things you have improved upon using this technique, and how you measured success? Was it a gut feel improvement, or were there some kind of improvement measures? It is important to reflect back on the 30 days and see where you made improvements and where other possible improvements came to light.

  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2007
    Good question Josh!  I thought it warranted a full post: How To Make 30 Day Improvement Sprints More Effective: http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/archive/2007/03/10/how-to-make-30-day-improvement-sprints-more-effective.aspx

  • Anonymous
    March 09, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    March 19, 2007
    Here's some quick blogging tips I shared with a colleague, that they found helpful: Have a purpose or

  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    March 25, 2007
    Why 30 Day Improvement Sprints ? I get asked this often enough that I think I should distll the keys:

  • Anonymous
    September 24, 2007
    Scrum has come of age. Not only it is entering the mainstream of modern software development, but it

  • Anonymous
    March 20, 2008
    What is your life frame?  What are the key buckets in your life that you need to balance across? 

  • Anonymous
    April 27, 2008
    Each month I pick a focus or a theme for my improvement sprint.  I find it's easier to start and

  • Anonymous
    October 12, 2008
    At Microsoft, I regularly mentor some fellow softies.   It can be tough to navigate the waters,

  • Anonymous
    October 27, 2008
    导读今天发现了这篇非常精彩的，内容超级丰富的文章，实在忍不住，转载于此。 原文地址：http://blogs.msdn.com/jmeier/archive/2008/10/13/effective...