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Prioritization requires a steady hand and consistency. The process for prioritization should have more in common with a well-oiled basketball or futbol team than five-year-olds playing soccer in the schoolyard.... Read More
Prioritization is a form of control over work entry. Tony Timbol (SPamCAST columnist, CEO of Agile Ready, and consultant) would call prioritization a guardrail for the work entry process. Unfortunately,... Read More
This week’s chapter of Monotasking by Staffan Nöteberg. is Progress Incrementally. I was first exposed to the idea of incrementalism and timeboxing by my mother while helping (or voluntold) with... Read More
There are three common scenarios that generate prioritization decisions outside of an individual or team’s span of control. Some of the most innocuous appearing prioritization problems come from the decisions... Read More
This week’s chapter of Monotasking by Staffan Nöteberg. is Never Procrastinate. I have been working on procrastination and overcommitting my whole life. Compared to my 7th-grade self I have made... Read More
Work Entry: Jumping the Queue Over the past few months, I have been in traffic jams on the highway several times when traveling to our weekly hike. In more than... Read More
