Plan anything (better) | CREATOR series w. troll dolls (new video)

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This week episode 8:
“Plan anything (better)”

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The next CREATOR video with troll dolls will drop Monday 18 May 2026.
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In CREATOR we make our art/content, but you can plan anything with this system.
The only rule for these videos is:
– no preparation
Because any process you don’t know by heart, belongs in the trash bin!

video recorded on Tuesday 14 April 2026

In this video;

1. Welcome to a new episode in the CREATOR series 00:00

Where we plan (boring! I know) in a better way.
And it’s an exciting day because I’m introducing new trolls today.

2. Why this system works so well 01:20
Although you wouldn’t say it, if you see me in action with a dollhouse and trolls, I am actually using an official system called SCRUM.
You can identify this system by its use of Sprints, time periods from 1 to 4 weeks.
SCRUM was created in the 90s to breakup software development into smaller time brackets, that always delivered something useful (an increment).

But the great thing about SCRUM is that you can’t just use it to make large projects more manageable into bite-sized pieces.
It’s also really useful to make small projects. like creating content, more structured and to step of the treadmill of creating on the fly!
(but you can still create on the fly – to which I will come back to later)

With SCRUM, represented here by a dollhouse and trolls, you can make big projects smaller and small projects more structured and deliberate.

3. Creating on the fly; but planned 06:50
Your production does not have to be knowing exactly what you want to create.
You can schedule pockets of time to create whatever you want.

SCRUM, because of its origin in software development, is traditionally tailored to making big projects smaller.
As an artist the way to apply this is to break up your big projects (f.e. a book) into bite-sized ones (weekly post).
But you can also use it to make small projects, like on-the-fly posting, bigger;
Into a strong creation/ production schedule.

4. How to plan your week 08:06
With the dollhouse (recap)
-ground floor: Infinite possibilities
-1st floor: Room of Ready- what you have selected to create this week
-2nd floor: Floor of doing, Everything that is in transit
-3rd floor: Dome of Done, Everything that is done
+ also 3rd floor Balcony: Everything that is both done, and also posted (delivered)

5. Introducing the FROCC Monster (a new troll) 10:13
FROCC stands for the values of SCRUM;
Focus, Respect, Openness, Courage and Commitment
I introduced the FROCC Monster as a reminder to stay in line with these.

I compare the FROCC Monster to the Tamagotchi, an electronic pet from the 90s.
Depending on how you take care of it, it grows up into something extraordinary or into a monster.
The FROCC Monster can only stay healthy if you feed it the 5 values on its list.

The FROCC Monster will be present in every video, similarly to the pink Scrum Master troll, who monitors the process and our weekly Review.

6. Introducing Technical Debt (new trolls) 15:15
Traditionally, Technical Debt means things you bypassed to deliver the product on time.

So for software this may the product may not be compatible with future elements.
But I also recognize another type of Technical Debt;
Resources are failing to take care of, which will ultimately undermine your production capacity.

When you see the pile of things that don’t get done rising, plan these 2 things:
1 – the big clean up for every area where you have Technical Debt (1 troll each)
2. – an improvement to your weekly planning system (1 smaller troll each)
To include the area where technical debt accumulated

7. Recap 23:39
This system is not limited to planning your content, or your production.
You can also include other work for example Technical Debt (=updating incomplete work, maintenance or work on your resources) and improvements on the planning system itself.
“Include financial administration into weekly sprint“
Can be a troll similarly to a piece of content that needs to be created, and with a troll on the first floor, as Ready to be taken into production.
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