Hammers and Nails

When all you have is a hammer, everything is a nail.

When you don't have a hammer, there's nails everywhere.

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Recommended New User Story Format, Because New

There's a playful way of explaining the reason why one does something. The argument ends with the rationale "because <noun or adjective>."

We can recommended this as new format for user stories, because it's aligned with how people speak these days.

AS A phone user, I WANT TO upload photos in one click, BECAUSE one-click!

AS A bank customer, I WANT TO see my balance on my phone, BECAUSE money!

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PROJUCT MANAGEMENT

With a slip of the tongue, I came up with a wonderful, terrible portmanteau:

"Projuct". Defined as the product of a project.

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Table Tennis Blades Composition

 Composition of some blades I'm interested in.

Blade				Core				Info Source
Waldner Legend Carbon	n/a	Kiso Hinoki	Carbon	Kiri	Carbon	Kiso Hinoki	n/a	Donic website
Original Carbospeed (aka Ovtcharov Carbospeed)	n/a	Kiso Hinoki	Carbon	Kiri	Carbon	Kiso Hinoki	n/a	Donic website
Donic Waldner Senso V1	n/a	Limba	Limba	Abachi	Limba	Limba	n/a	Donic website
Donic Waldner Senso Carbon	Limba	Anegre	Carbon	Abachi	Carbon	Anegre	Limba	Donic website
Donic Persson Powerplay	Koto	Anti-vibration film	Abachi	Abachi	Abachi	Anti-vibration film	Koto	Donic website
Donic Persson AR	n/a	Limba	Red Abachi	Abachi	Red Abachi	Limba	n/a	Donic website
Yasaka Extra Offensive 7 Power
Yasaka Extra Special	Walnut	Limba	Ayous	Ayous	Ayous	Limba	Walnut
Yasaka Ma Lin Soft Carbon
DHS Fang Bo B2X	Limba	Limba	ALC	Ayous	ALC	Limba	Limba
Stiga Clipper	Limba	Ayous	Ayous	Ayous	Ayous	Ayous	Limba
Stiga Infinity VPS	n/a	Limba	Spruce	Ayous	Spruce	Limba	n/a
Tibhar Stratus Powerwood	n/a	Limba	Limba	Ayous	Limba	Limba	n/a

Iron Lean

 From a Lean perspective, is ironing the bottom 1/4 of your shirt a waste? (The part that gets tucked in).

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The MoSCoW Unprioritisation Prioritisation Technique

The most popular requirements prioritisation technique in the universe is called MoSCoW.

The acronym stands for:

M - Must have

S - Should have

C - Could have

W - Won't have

The problem with MoSCoW is that it's really not a prioritisation technique.  

It's just a priority labelling technique.  All it does is let you label the requirements.  It doesn't tell you which of the requirements ought to be labelled 'Must have' and which ones ought to be labelled 'Won't have'.

MoSCoW is no different from using colour codes on requirements such as: green for must haves, blue for should haves, yellow for could haves, and red for won't haves. 

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The Road Not Taken Because You Shouldn't Take It

If you don't know where you're going, it doesn't matter how far ahead you are.

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