[teampractices] [Discussion] Term for always prepping for the next thing

[Kevin Smith]

It doesn't sound the same as Endless Deathmarch, but I don't feel like I
really understand the question yet. Can you elaborate on "always prepping
for the next thing" aka "future blindness"?



Kevin Smith
Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation


On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Max Binder <mbinder at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> A question came to me from a friend, and I thought I'd pose it here for
> discussion:
>
> Question for a scrum master: I know you call "multi-tasking" the far more
>> accurate "context-switching," but do you have a real term for what I can
>> only call "future blindness"? It isn't exactly tunnel vision that I've been
>> having because I do think broadly (just not of the present) and my focus
>> shifts all the time. But this always prepping for the next thing is driving
>> me into ground. I need to call it something so that I can identify it,
>> label it, and master it.
>>
>
> Anyone know of any existing term to research? Kevin's kanban "Endless
> Deathmarch" maybe?
>
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