Getting the job done

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T-shirt sizing
In scrum you play planning poker with the whole team. If for some reason this is not possible. At least t-shirt size the backlog.

For example:
 * M: 2 hours building, 1 hours testing
 * L: 8 hours building, 4 hours testing
 * XL: 16 hour building, 8 hours testing

Network

 * In organizations your network can help you to get things done.
 * It is a best practice to connect with people, in every function, and at every level from top to bottom.
 * People who have a wide and deep network (three levels “down”) can perform miracles, seemingly without raising a sweat.
 * And the strength and ubiquity and reliability of that network is a function of time invested. Lunches. A helping hand with a problem. A kudo for a little task well done. And a dozen dozen other things. It’s funny really. Some marvel that getting even complex things done seems “so damned easy for Mary [or Mark].” So damned easy because of a longterm, patient effort to extend her or his network throughout the entire organization (source: http://changethis.com/manifesto/show/164.01.ExcellenceDividend).