Archive for April, 2006

Motivation

Fast Company: Change or Die:
The conventional wisdom says that crisis is a powerful motivator for change. But severe heart disease is among the most serious of personal crises, and it doesn’t motivate — at least not nearly enough. Nor does giving people accurate analyses and factual information about their situations. What works?
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The patients lived […]

Averting disasters

Reg Braithwaite:
The first thing I’ve learned from failure is that the four things which matter most are:1. The quality of the people doing the development
2. The expected value of the product to its stakeholders
3. The fitness of the proposed solution
4. The quality of project management and expectations communication
In my experience, you need all four working […]