Comments on: Efficiency is the enemy of effectiveness http://gojko.net/2009/11/04/efficiency-is-the-enemy-of-effectiveness/ Building software that matters Fri, 18 May 2012 13:40:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: gojko http://gojko.net/2009/11/04/efficiency-is-the-enemy-of-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-65191 gojko Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:23:42 +0000 http://gojko.net/?p=1375#comment-65191 two or more teams working to solve the same problem with different solutions in parallel, then choosing the best one. two or more teams working to solve the same problem with different solutions in parallel, then choosing the best one.

]]> By: Ed Sykes http://gojko.net/2009/11/04/efficiency-is-the-enemy-of-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-65143 Ed Sykes Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:56:24 +0000 http://gojko.net/?p=1375#comment-65143 Hi Gojki, You mentioned Parallel Spikes, what is this? Is it a form of set based development? Hi Gojki,

You mentioned Parallel Spikes, what is this? Is it a form of set based development?

]]> By: Alberto Brandolini http://gojko.net/2009/11/04/efficiency-is-the-enemy-of-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-65141 Alberto Brandolini Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:16:20 +0000 http://gojko.net/?p=1375#comment-65141 Hi Gojko, Thanks for the great summary, I wholeheartedly agree. Being "on time - on budget" doesn't really mean that you've done the right thing. Customer satisfaction is a moving target anyway, not every customer knows exactly how to be satisfied, and many times this is a discovery process. It just needs to be a conscious one. Unfortunately, the more you step up in system thinking, the more likely you are to bump into hidden truths like "our company doesn't really care for employee's growth" or "we don't really have any long term plan". In my experience, system thinking applies really well in transparent organizations, but that's also a measure of how healthy they already are. If you can't think in such a way, you're anyway getting an early warning about the environment you're in... Hi Gojko,

Thanks for the great summary, I wholeheartedly agree. Being “on time – on budget” doesn’t really mean that you’ve done the right thing. Customer satisfaction is a moving target anyway, not every customer knows exactly how to be satisfied, and many times this is a discovery process. It just needs to be a conscious one.

Unfortunately, the more you step up in system thinking, the more likely you are to bump into hidden truths like “our company doesn’t really care for employee’s growth” or “we don’t really have any long term plan”. In my experience, system thinking applies really well in transparent organizations, but that’s also a measure of how healthy they already are. If you can’t think in such a way, you’re anyway getting an early warning about the environment you’re in…

]]> By: mick delaney http://gojko.net/2009/11/04/efficiency-is-the-enemy-of-effectiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-65072 mick delaney Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:28:39 +0000 http://gojko.net/?p=1375#comment-65072 i've been reading Don Reinertsen's book.... http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Generation/dp/1935401009 he talks about this in great deal with regards to product development and how we need to think about things like cycle time etc, but also how we need an economic model for decision making and that we need to normalise our other decision making tools against this model.. i’ve been reading Don Reinertsen’s book….

http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Generation/dp/1935401009

he talks about this in great deal with regards to product development and how we need to think about things like cycle time etc, but also how we need an economic model for decision making and that we need to normalise our other decision making tools against this model..

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