The assignment is to write take something previously written and change it so it speaks directly to another person. The main problem here is that I don’t have the backlog of writing that I should. Even if I include sources outside of OurAgileJourney I don’t have enough. I used an idea I’ve had in my head a long time for the last assignment and don’t really have more for it yet. So I need something new for this one. I’m kind of free-writing right now, trying to get started. I guess that might not have been apparent. Even less apparent might be the whole “The assignment…” bit. I mean, I have my degree, what the heck am I talking about?

I’m not 100% sure where my future lies professionally. Since I was in Junior High I’ve had visions of rising to a C-Level position in a large company from an IT related track. Essentially becoming a CIO or CTO in the future. I still think that would be fun and that I would do well. Thing is, I’ve had other ideas lately too. The foremost is becoming an independent trainer and author.

Specifically I would do things such as teach a group of future Agile Coaches for an organization before helping them implement Agile. I would have industry approved classes that I could also teach. (Think PDUs or similar.) I would have a book or two along the lines of the classes and perhaps coursework developed that others used to teach. Maybe, just maybe I’d even have a series of fiction novels in there somewhere. I would move among companies helping them improve and gaining knowledge. This would allow me to update classes and create new books over time as I learned more. I would be able to put at least as much into the Agile community as I’ve been able to learn from it.

None of that really helps here and now though. I need a topic that touches someone. Something personal. It has to be about passion, and not about me. I like to also use the assignments as a way to feed into my blog. This can be difficult as Agile Project Management, while a huge topic, is not something that touches a lot of people. I also want to make sure that I don’t cover something in weeks that are too close together. Perhaps there is something I can get together though. Maybe there is a way I can write to someone who might be reading my blog. Well, someone who may someday read through the archives of my blog anyhow. (There really isn’t a readership per se yet…)

Yeah, I think I have something now. It’ll build off of a previous post.

Thanks for sticking around this far. It has been a so-far rare look into some part of how some of my post topics can be borne. A little piece of my current writing process as it were.

Oh, you wanted to know more about the post I finally decided to make? The piece I’m writing that is “to someone?” Well, I guess check back next Tuesday at OurAgileJourney.com!