VIABLE MINIMUM

Why Affinity Bias Can Make or Break Delivery                It’s who you are, and how you do it!.........not what you do or what you’ve done!                                                                                             When things go wrong, it is stressful for everyone involved. It can also be a lonely and disempowering experience for those who depend on a resolution but cannot contribute to it. Buyers and customers often have no choice but to sit and wait. Delivering an excellent fix rarely restores harmony on its own. The unspoken frustration remains: " it should not have gone wrong in the first place" .   An old mentor of mine used to say, “ Fix the people, not the problem ,” (or less polite wo...

       MVG - Minimum Viable Governance                F D =½C P A V 2       FACT:    Drag increases proportionately with the square of speed.         Minimum Viable Governance: Reducing Drag Without Increasing Risk It is a simple truth in physics, "drag increases in proportion to the square of speed". The faster you go, the more resistance you encounter. The same principle applies to projects. The more urgent the delivery, the more significant the impact of anything that slows progress. Any activity not directly contributing to the creation of deliverables introduces drag. In theory, if you removed these activities, the project would still deliver. By far the greatest source of drag is governance. This includes record keeping, planning, monitoring, reporting, progress updates, change management, risk management and the ever‑present demand to attend...

  .......It’s hard to remember that the original objective was to drain the swamp   (yes that is me……….and yes they are real life massive Alligators……………and yes they really are about 5 feet away)     AKA: THE IMPORTANCE OF DOCUMENTATION (and the Law of Sufficiency )   FACT:    Selective memory, confirmation bias and revisionism are common human traits, and stakeholders, sponsors and project teams are no more immune to them than anyone else.                          At the same time, documentation is often perceived as an unnecessary burden. The time and effort required to record information, validate details and maintain accurate artefacts can create significant drag on a project. As a result, there is a natural temptation to avoid writing things down, to skip over the need to capture key decisions and events, and simply press ahead. The mindset becomes one of “ j...