by M-Tracker | Oct 21, 2026 | Feedback and reviews
Feedback and reviews · 4 min readFeedback feels personal when it describes the person. It feels useful when it describes the work and the fix. Every example below points at the work, gives a reason, and says what to do. Copy and adapt them.Feedback people...
by M-Tracker | Oct 21, 2026 | Time and estimates
Time and estimates · 4 min readDo not give one number. Give a range: the best case, the likely case, and the worst case. Say what you do not know yet. Break off the first small piece, do it, and re-estimate with what you learned. An honest range beats a...
by M-Tracker | Oct 21, 2026 | Time and estimates
Time and estimates · 3 min readFor any task, write three numbers: the best case, the most likely case, and the worst case. Use them to get one expected number and to see how risky the task is. It takes one extra minute and it stops the "you said two days"...
by M-Tracker | Oct 21, 2026 | Trust without surveillance
Trust without surveillance · 4 min readReplace watching with evidence from the work itself. Clear briefs, finished work you can see, a check of that work against the brief, links from tasks to goals, short written updates, and a first-time-right rate. Each...
by M-Tracker | Oct 21, 2026 | People and HR
People and HR · 4 min readKeep a running record, per person, of finished work, what came back for changes and why, and which goals the work moved. Add to it every two weeks, from the work itself. At review time you have evidence, not memory. It is fairer,...
