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You'd think this would be common sense. The fact that it's an article and it's getting traction here shows how many incompetent asses there are in the world who
by Dirlewanger 13y ago
You'd think this would be common sense. The fact that it's an article and it's getting traction here shows how many incompetent asses there are in the world who thrive on micromanaging.
That said, facing the world with a dearth of any organization and direction will leave you penniless in the long run. Small companies need lightweight tools to outline the promises they intend to fulfill for the business side in a given time period. If a few people are just going to have everything in their heads, things will go south.
- sbarre 13y ago> Small companies need lightweight tools to outline the promises they intend to fulfill for the business side in a given time period. This is an excellent summary of the problem. The only thing I would add perhaps is an easy ability to look back and see how much reality diverged from the plan, so you know where you planned/estimated correctly and where you need to make adjustments (and why)..
- skylan_q 13y agoYou'd think this would be common sense. The common sense is metric tracking when dealing with incredibly intangible things in order to use data and statistics to make informed decisions. In my experience, it's almost always a complete waste of time adding overhead that's never recouped. It works best when you're producing X widgets where X is at least 10. When it comes to building something that hasn't been built before or doing custom work, most of that data can just be thrown out the window. A pessimistic guess is almost always better than trying to infer meaning from data into an existing narrative.