Goldratt claims he is not a genius, but has simply had more years spiralling up the logical thinking "helix". The idea is that when you start to think ...
What IMHO he is missing is that people get first convinced by sentiment (psychology) and then by logic. Pure logic is necessary but not sufficient. -- Nicos...
Hi, Nicos Yes, research supports your proposition. All decision making depends on emotions. Once we have made the decision, we then are quite inventive at...
Larry, do you know of any articles showing the application of Kepner Tregoe? What is his method based on? Seems like the tools of cloud, injection and negative...
Dear Nicos, I suggest that you read or re-read the last chapter of The Choice : Emotion, Intuition and Logic. You will see that Eli Goldratt does not miss at...
Blogs, the verb, that is; not the plural noun. http://blog.eligoldratt.com -- Sent from my mobile device ... Clarke Ching - * Check out "Rocks Into Gold" ... a...
Clarke, I think instead of posting a message you should instead blog about eli blogging about your blogging about eli. How much more delightful the delightful...
I'm trying to think of something witty in response ... But words fail me! Clarke Ching - www.clarkeching.com +44(0)7920114893 - Author of Rocks Into Gold -...
... Nice metaphor and it almost seems believable, but indeed people often don't think clearly at all about the things they care about the most. And their ...
Jack, You are perfectly right: often people don't think at all and let their feelings guide their behavior. Does it disqualify the (few) ones who prefer to...
... It does not disqualify those who think logically, but it does tend to invalidate the three-legged stool analogy. Logic and emotion can battle as well as...
Hi, Santiago I have a couple of books on it from courses I took many years ago. I can send the refs when I am back home if they do not come up on Amazon. I...
For a surprisingly low cost, I managed to outsource the transcribing of my interview with Eli to, of all places, Italy. The results are very good, I think,...
I was pleasantly surprised to find that this article is indeed a nice summary of many points made by Drs. Deming and Wheeler. Other than a unnecessary example...
Hello everybody, Â Many times I find people use the terms "Variability" and "Uncertainty" as interchangeable. Thesaurus in MS-Word gave the following...
Hi, Rajeev I agree with your statement, and appreciate your research. I try to differentiate. To me, variability is a physical measurable phenomena....
Rajeev, Interesting question! To me, variability deals with repeating processes: it takes me 5 days to write the first piece of software and 4 days to do the...
Rajeev, In project management, I think of uncertainty as something (such as a duration estimate) for which there is little or no experience of it. It may have...
Things are variable. I am certain that they are. Because they are variable, I am uncertain as to the outcome. The two words Uncertainty and Variability are no...
Variability is the amount by which a parameter can change. Variability and process capability are closely linked. The schools of quality have studied this a...
Thank you, Kik, for your precise use of the English language. Outputs, which also possess the ability to vary, at times appear to flaunt their variability and...
Hi, Â Thanks to all for the great insight. Â Now, please share some examples of variability and uncertainty considering multi-project environment using CCPM....
Hi All, I am Dhaval Shah and currently working on CA Clarity PPM tool, I am impressed with the TOC and CCPM in particular and I intend to work towards creating...
Hi, Rajeev Both of your statements are true. There can also be uncertainty about task execution. For example, we may have no knowledge of the variability of...
Hi, Rajeev I characterize three types of uncertainty for projects. One of them is uncertainty due to variation in task execution duration, which buffers...
Hi, All Anyone have some new ideas on how to elicit something more like a 50/50 estimate? It usually isn't much of a problem to get internal resources to buy...
The estimates folks like to give are a) the safe estimate they usually can achieve and b) the variance, e.g. 2:1. From these a middle value can be...
