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The Nine Core Principles of Work Intake are a key backbone of Mastering Work Intake by Jeremy Willets and Tom Cagley. Teams and organizations need to apply these principles to... Read More
In the Software Process and Measurement Cast 800 Johanna Rothman takes over the podcast and interviews Jeremy Willets and me. We discussed Mastering Work Intake, why principles make more sense... Read More
Feeling overwhelmed by endless tasks and unpredictable deadlines? You’re not alone. But what if you could transform your project into a well-oiled machine, delivering consistent value on time? Introducing Mastering... Read More
As you would suspect, I have recently been talking up Mastering Work Intake which Jeremy Willets and I co-authored. One conversation turned to the topic of whether value stream analysis... Read More
In the first installment of our essay, Saying Yes To All Work, I mentioned that the class exploring the topic identified that “when the CEO tells you to do something,... Read More
Late on the second day of a three-day workshop, a hand came up a table at the back of the room. I had noticed the person getting increasingly fidgety as... Read More
Stop saying “yes” to everything! “Mastering Work Intake,” by Thomas M Cagley Jr and Jeremy Willets, gives you the tools to prioritize and deliver the right work at the right... Read More
I remember a television show from my distant past, Kids Say The Darndest Things (in re-runs). In the version of the show I first remember, Art Linkletter would ask children... Read More
I was asked, “Why shouldn’t I say yes and start everything that comes my way?” As we celebrate the impending publication of Mastering Work Intake (it is going to the... Read More
The Software Process and Measurement Cast 781 begins with a discussion of prioritization and sequencing. These two ideas often get conflated. Work might be important but if it has predecessors... Read More
