7.20 AM

Wake up. 7:20’s only my first alarm; intervals are set up in 10-minute cycles, so I’ll have at least 10 minutes in nirvana rest mode.

7.50 AM

Cycle. Packed, ready to go, the beauty of my client site is their tenancy agreement, as contractors we’ve got access to Showers, Bike racks and even Towels. Personally, a fresh towel makes me feel like a Persian prince. It’s a 6km cycle in, so nothing to hard, it’s easier in Summer but comes winter I’ll invest in gloves.

8.30 AM

Shower and Prepare. Right, you can see the towels, clean or dirty. Personally, I use clean, but each to their own.

9.30 AM

Daily Stand-up. Our team is co-located across 4 states of Australia, with the primary team embedded on client site in Adelaide. Akin to all stand-ups: share with the team what I did yesterday, what I’m doing today, and any foreseeing blockers. In practice:

• Yesterday I had our Sprint Review, Sprint Planning and worked on developing code for a technical piece.
• Today I’ll be developing a stakeholder plan, working with the team for review
• No foreseeable blockers

12.32 PM

Okonomiyaki Thursday. What’s set-out to be a fine tradition. The best, young, and brightest consultants are forging a tradition to have Okonomiyaki at our ‘local’ Japanese-infused café. Needless to say, it’s brilliant; Joe (generic chef name) never ceases to disappoint.

3.00 PM

Skype Call with the Project Manager. Review of Stakeholder Management Plan; what I’ve done so far is on track. The PM’s request me to iterate the document to include best practice for specific circumstances in the expectation of a growing resourced project. Currently I’ve been building the plan on PowerPoint. Time to update the creativity and perhaps reach out to some higher-level change managers for advice in Change Management consulting.  

5.30 PM

Home time / Cycle. Great way to end the day; it’s sunny out. We’ll push on harder gear!

9.30 PM

Live music. Adelaide’s well renowned for the annual Fringe Festival and tonight I’ll be making use of the great art available. Theirs is a rock band from Melbourne whose been cherry picked on the Coachella 2020 line-up. Tonight, I’m lucky enough to see them before their heads get to big.

12.00 AM

Fall asleep. Lights out. Daily Stand-ups starts in just over 9 hours, I’m ready to do it all again.