Re: installing processes when busy (was: Measurable objectives?)

Subject: Re: installing processes when busy (was: Measurable objectives?)
From: Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: Milan Davidovic <shl_ctf -at- yahoo -dot- ca>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:08:54 -0800 (PST)

Milan's comments explain why so many of yesterday's hot software start ups are now in deep trouble or out of business.

Richard Lewis

Milan Davidovic <shl_ctf -at- yahoo -dot- ca> wrote:
--- Sarah Bouchier wrote:
> even though proper processes would save
> time in the long run,
> it's difficult to get them put in while there's
> urgent work to be done

Here's an analogy. Actually, it's far from perfectly
analogous to your situation, but perhaps it conveys
some of the flavour of the problem.

Say you're a lumber operation, and you've got this
forest. You've got more customers than there are
trees, so as you cut trees down, you've got to plant
new ones to meet future demand. But everyone's so busy
cutting down trees that no one has time to plant.

Oh, and you can't just go to another forest. All the
rest are spoken for.

You can meet the demand in the short term, but
eventually something's going to give. If being around
in the future isn't important, don't bother with the
processes. Work fast, fold soon, and free your people
to go elsewhere.


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installing processes when busy (was: Measurable objectives?): From: Milan Davidovic

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