'Instead of killing projects, many companies mistakenly starve them for resources, barely keeping them alive. This creates the legendary zombie projects–the unliving and the undead. Zombie projects destroy flow. Kill the zombies!'
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'When task duration is unknown, time-share capacity.' The idea: if you don't know how long something will block the queue, it can be good to time-slice the work. The key decision is the size of each slice.
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Not a popular point, but I do agree: 'What is the simplest thing we can do to create fast feedback in a group of humans? Increase face-to-face communications.' Put the people in close proximity from each other and everything improves.
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'To align behaviors, reward people for the work of others. In human systems, there are advantages to giving people credit for results that appear to be out of their control. It produces a highly supportive system. However: this is a very delicate decision that needs extra care.'
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'I believe that the key to economic success is making good economic choices with the freshest possible information. When this information changes, the correct choice may also change.'
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'Decentralize control over problems that age poorly. Think of it like fighting fires. We put fire extinguishers where fires are likely to break out. People do not have to request permission to put out a fire.'
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'There is more value created with overall alignment than local excellence.'
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'There is no substitute for moving to a quick proof-of-concept. There is no substitute for early market feedback.'
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'An imperfect decision executed rapidly is far better than a perfect decision (what's that anyway) that is implemented late.'
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Fin. You can find the book here:https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Generation/dp/1935401009 …
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That’s some good value-based pricingpic.twitter.com/yYe6mO18CF
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