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I’ve spent a lot of years trying to sort through what I should be expecting from whom in each layer of management and I think I’ve finally come up with a model that works for me. I’d like to share it with you. Continue reading
The biggest issue with WSJF is that it assumes that each objective is pretty much independent of the other objectives that are being evaluated. Continue reading
Looking back on life and why it is good, it seems to break down into three different areas; experiences, relationships, and accomplishments. Continue reading
Effective prioritization can be a challenge in any aspect of life. Simple linear sorted lists tend to encourage inconsistent prioritization criteria between any two items on the list. Weighted shortest job first (WSJF) teases apart a set of prioritization criteria then merges them back together again to create a prioritization … Continue reading
Evolution doesn’t optimize. It merely succeeds. Continue reading
The need to be understood can be so powerful that life becomes pointless if it’s not satisfied. Continue reading
There are those who believe that love is just an emotion. It can’t be explained and you shouldn’t even try. You can only know it when you feel it. I’m not one of those people. Continue reading
Another study describing why what we think we are is different than what we actually are. Continue reading
Patents have become a difficult thing. Their original purpose was to encourage innovation by causing design ideas to be published rather than being kept secret. Unfortunately, they don’t serve that purpose in a fast moving industry. They do the opposite. They actually discourage innovation in an areas with heavy or … Continue reading
