Awesome example of real options... Regards Chris (Sent from my iphone.) ... Awesome example of real options... Regards Chris (Sent from my iphone.) Begin...
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Joseph Wilk
bouncyjoe
Mar 26, 2012 11:31 am
... Good point! I had not thought of it in those terms. I've also been doing the same thing with WantWorkshop http://www.wantworkshop.com. -- Joseph Wilk ...
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Robin Dymond
rdymond1
Mar 26, 2012 5:17 pm
Hmmm. Are these options or are they demand/pull based scheduling? ... Hmmm. Are these options or are they demand/pull based scheduling? On Mar 26, 2012 1:31...
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Eric Willeke
erwilleke
Mar 26, 2012 5:22 pm
I think pull-based scheduling is a form of options. You're declaring capacity (early commitment) but not usage of that capacity (just in time commitment) to...
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Robin Dymond
rdymond1
Mar 26, 2012 5:37 pm
An option usually has some form of increasing cost, or at least changing cost. This is scheduling capacity because the band isn't paying anything. It might be...
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Eric Willeke
erwilleke
Mar 26, 2012 6:15 pm
I think they are paying in that they committed three specific dates, so the price to cancel the commitment is paid in brand loss/fan loss if they, for example,...
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Ola Ellnestam
ellnestam
Mar 27, 2012 11:21 am
Hi all, Here are some unfinished thoughts, ideas and my view of options and their application in my day to day life. They bubbled up after reading the previous...
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Robin Dymond
rdymond1
Mar 27, 2012 2:38 pm
Hi Ola, ... I would agree with the unfinished part, because I don't understand your point. ... I don't understand why we would group them in this way. ... ...
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Eric Willeke
erwilleke
Mar 27, 2012 2:44 pm
Robin, I wrote this back in 2008, but I wonder what it would imply to options if we measured "value" in terms of Trust, Value, Integrity, and Reputation. ( ...
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Ola Ellnestam
ellnestam
Mar 27, 2012 3:56 pm
Hi Robyn, I will try to clarify a bit. :-D ... I personally engage pretty differently when I'm using real options if I'm talking to a friend, dealing with a...
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Ola Ellnestam
ellnestam
Mar 28, 2012 7:53 am
... I've been digesting this over night and I really enjoyed reading it. Especially paragraph three and four. It might be a bit off (the real options) topic...
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Chris
chrismatts1968
Mar 28, 2012 12:39 pm
Ola, Robin, Eric I’m really enjoying the conversation. I feel it fits with something I’ve been considering recently. I do not think my thinking is the same...
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Patrick Mulder
pemulder
Mar 28, 2012 2:47 pm
Hello, I am rather new in this circle, but I was thinking yesterday too on something that occurred to me after reading your discussion. The way I see the "real...
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Eric Willeke
erwilleke
Mar 28, 2012 3:02 pm
"Thanks for the invite! I've got some other things going on tonight, but if they fall through I'd love to come see [hot new local band] at the club tonight....
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Ola Ellnestam
ellnestam
Mar 28, 2012 3:16 pm
... Great example! It fits my thinking and acting, and gives more background on why _showing intention_ is more important with friends and closer...
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Olav Maassen
olavmaassen
Mar 28, 2012 6:18 pm
Hi all, Chris Matts and I are very pleased to announce that the work on our first real options book has started. And you can help! For the impatient wanting to...
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Ola Ellnestam
ellnestam
Mar 28, 2012 6:47 pm
Cool, can't wait to read the whole thing! //Ola...
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Matt Wynne
mattwynneatf...
Mar 30, 2012 9:03 am
... I get a 404 for that link. cheers, Matt -- Freelance programmer & coach Author, http://pragprog.com/book/hwcuc/the-cucumber-book Founder,...
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Olav Maassen
olavmaassen
Mar 30, 2012 9:08 am
Hi Matt, I just clicked the link and it worked. Another url you can try is http:://bit.ly/fundrobook. Thanks, Olav...
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Robin Dymond
rdymond1
Apr 30, 2012 4:37 pm
Black Scholes and the formula of doom http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2012/04/30/979851/black-scholes-and-the-formula-of-doom/ Robin Dymond, CST Managing...
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Chris Matts
chrismatts1968
Apr 30, 2012 4:47 pm
Hi Robin Thanks for posting this. For anyone not sure about the relationship between Black Scholes and Real Options......
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radimspicar
Aug 20, 2012 1:24 am
Hello, I have a question that I couldn't find an answer to in any literature. Suppose we have a company with multiple opportunities to expand, each dependant...
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Patrick Steyaert
p.steyaert
Mar 14, 2013 7:35 am
Just a quick question. As real liquidity goes up in IT projects - shorter cycle times, more pull transactions - are we then creating the conditions were...
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Chris Matts
chrismatts1968
Mar 14, 2013 2:13 pm
Hi Patrick Liquidity is just one of the considerations. If you look at the comic strip, there are other issues that will remain.... "What is a glass of water...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
Apr 23, 2013 7:21 pm
I was asked in an advanced Kanban class 2 weeks ago in Brazil whether there actually needs to be a commitment point? Couldn't everything in the system remain...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
Apr 23, 2013 7:33 pm
Did you see this article on BBC today discussing new science linking the 2nd law of thermal dynamics, the concept of entropy in the universe to option theory...
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David Peterson
dpeterson72
Apr 23, 2013 7:37 pm
I think it depends what they mean by "everything". Management can pull the plug on development at any time, so the *features* of the system are options until...
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Graham Oakes
grahamdoakes
Apr 23, 2013 7:58 pm
Options have value, but they also have a carrying cost. For example, there's a cost (e.g. in cognitive load) to keep track of what options are live, when...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
Apr 23, 2013 7:59 pm
Hi Chris / Patrick, I just re-read the cartoon - wonderful. :-) I have a few thoughts on this. Patrick, as system liquidity improves (let's leave it as an...
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David Anderson
netherby_uk
Apr 23, 2013 8:06 pm
David, There is still a concept of "committed work" versus "speculative work". The pre-planning and development of ideas for the annual portfolio management...
