For the last two months, I participated in a monthly hackathon event called the Detroit Civic Hackathon (next one is November 12!). These were the first two installments of what is becoming a monthly event that originated from a monthly happy hour meet up called The Detroit Urban Tech Meetup. These past two events were… Continue reading Why Hackathons Are Awesome: Hacking Detroit’s Zoning Code| Isaac Gilman
As a new Release Train Engineer and former Scrum Master, I am ambitious and excited to dive in to help my train and teams succeed. In both roles, I struggle challenging and supporting my trains and teams to follow a few concepts, I believe are valuable. Vertical Delivery (working software is the primary measure of… Continue reading A New RTE’s Struggles| Isaac Gilman
A few weeks ago I started a new position called Release Train Engineer(RTE). This role is responsible for facilitating the Agile Release Train (ART) moves efficiently and executes effectively. When I started the position in late June, I had 2.5 weeks to get prepared for the two most significant events within the Scaled Agile… Continue reading Prioritizing for I & A and PI Planning| Isaac Gilman
I hope all the dads out there had a great Father’s Day weekend! Becoming a father is hard to describe. I did a lot to “prepare” for it. I read books, articles, attended classes and talked with other fathers about their experience. I knew this journey would be hard and I knew it would help… Continue reading Growing From Fatherhood| Isaac Gilman
Our company recently adopted the SAFe framework. One pillar of SAFe’s House of Lean is Relentless Improvement. There are many ways to identify areas to improve – retro, inspect and adapt, iteration review and system demo just to name a few. Another tool that SAFe provides is Team Self-Assessment. When I started looking into the… Continue reading SAFe Team Self-Assessment Experience| Isaac Gilman
I love gadgets and there are so many for every situation. For parents to-be, there are so many cool baby gadgets for every scenario a parent will come across. It can be overwhelming and exciting. Recently, we went to Buy Buy Baby to look at a number of the products we registered for to give… Continue reading A Parent’s Experience: Stroller Systems| Isaac Gilman
Happy holidays to all our followers, real estate entrepreneurs and business creators out there! Sometimes the holidays don’t slow down, what happens when you need a break? Find out in our recent episode! Leave us feedbackTwitter & Instagram: @HustleEstateEmail: HustleEstate1@gmail.com| Isaac Gilman
I spent the past year working remotely. Working remotely sounded great! I envisioned that I’d be able to work from anywhere and be super productive. I talked to other remote team members to try and anticipate any issues and made preparations based on their suggestions. I thought I was prepared. It’s not exactly like the feature… Continue reading After One Year, I Stopped Working Remotely| Isaac Gilman
Flipping Homes 101 – Ed and Isaac walk through the overall process it takes to flip a home.| Isaac Gilman
You don't know until you try. Trying leadership everyday in Detroit.| Isaac Gilman
April kicked off our second Program Increment (PI) Planning event using the SAFe framework. My team and I reflected on the difference between PI 1 Planning and PI 2 Planning. Three topics came up t…| Isaac Gilman