# Focus Weeks: How to collaboratively crack difficult problems with joy

DevFeed: [Focus Weeks: How to collaboratively crack difficult problems with joy](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/focus-weeks-how-to-collaboratively-crack-difficult-problems-with-joy-39906.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/blog/focus-weeks/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2021-12-18T12:32:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Tobias Mende](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tobias-mende.md>)

Topics: [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>)

Tags: [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [collaboration-culture-ensemble-programming-team-programming-developer-productivity-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration-culture-ensemble-programming-team-programming-developer-productivity-engineering.md>), [complex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/complex.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [focus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/focus.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [team](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/team.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes focus weeks as a collaborative practice for helping software teams concentrate on difficult or complex topics. It explains how interruptions, procrastination, limited focus time, and unavailable experts can make this work harder, drawing on experiences at BRYTER.

## Source excerpt

Focus Weeks: How to collaboratively crack difficult problems with joy Focus weeks are a tool for cracking difficult or complex topics as a team while fostering team collaboration and improving team culture.