A collection of short posts I made on LinkedIn:
The MoSCoW priority labels coincidentally also describe Hitler’s and Napoleon’s changing attitudes toward capturing the eponymed city:
Must have it
Should have had it by now
Could have it still if only
Won’t have it.
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Not everything that matters can be measured
Not everything that can be measured matters
To twist JFK’s words:
Ask not what you can measure
Ask what measures can do for you
To badly paraphrase Einstein:
Everything that matters and can be measured must be measured, but no simpler
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Carpe diem caveat – “Seize the day”, not “cease the day”. The intention may be the former; the result may be the latter.
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Continuous improvement must seek to do two things: make existing processes better, and stop introducing new bad processes in the first place.
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Remind your audience that THERE IS such a thing as a stupid question -- it’s the question you keep to yourself.
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Lots of people talk about 'Systems Thinking'. What's the verb for doing systems thinking it? Shh... be quiet, I'm systems thinking!
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If you believe that user stories are requirements, try calling them 'user requirements'.
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What's the term to describe the opposite of scope creep -- when scope keeps getting reduced because we're running out of time or budget?
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