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Essays from May 2009
2 essays from May 2009
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Pearls of Wisdom: Taiichi Ohno on management
It is rare that one reads something written in 1978 that feels relevant to today’s world in so many ways that is hard to explain all of its consequences. This is what happened today and I wanted to share that. The following is a couple of paragraphs from the “Toyota Product System” (TPS) by Taiichi …
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Demos, not memos!
An interesting story over at 37signals’ blog about a company/site that was started against someone’s better judgment because the people involved saw a working version of the site not a requirements document!My favourite quote: 1. Ideas are cheap and plentiful. Execution is hard. 2. Meetings suck. 3. Requirements documents suck. Read it. You owe it …
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