Velocity?
Yes, velocity is rate that the project can produce "throughput" [the stuff that is valuable to the customer, not the detrius of project paperwork]
Some things are running a bit slower than it used to be:
- Supply systems are more choked because workers and materials are missing and limited along the way
- People on H1B's are MIA
- Relationships are slower to develop virtually, robbed as they are of the bonding experience of informal interaction
- Processes are being redesigned -- and debugged -- on the fly to accommodate virtualness
- Metrics and measurements are not entirely relevant the way they used to be; changes are required to get relevant again
- Lack of office and campus perks are pushing the labor force to less efficient workdays
- Complexity of communications declines exponentially with fewer participants [there are 8 ways to arrange communications between three people, but 15 ways with four people]
- Lean may be in for a new renaissance: we just don't need some stuff, and so pitch it!
- Some costs may be less as physical space is used less
- Your pay may become "localized" to where you are. If you're in the country, you may not lose any salary, but you may be capped
- Culture changes may go to quick-step. Can you keep up?
- Cyber security is on everybody's list. Working remotely provides entry for all manner of hazards
- Lack of spontaneous interaction, which is the seed corn for innovation, may slow down new ideas, but then: who would know if the idea never pops up?
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