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Sunday, 31 May 2009
Net Present (Lack of) Value
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Once again I sat through a meeting about NPV calculations and the assumptions behind them. This time NPV's are being used to calculate s...
Thursday, 28 May 2009
William James - Part One
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"...if you want an absolute duffer in an investigation...take the man who has no interest whatever in its results; he is the warranted ...
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
80 / 20 Development
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That old Pareto rule applies to software development: you can get 80% of the user's desired functionality for 20% of the effort needed t...
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
The Philosophy of Mistakes: Interlude
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I'm going round and round in circles on the subjects of mistakes and testing. As ever, it's because I'm arguing with a voice in ...
Monday, 25 May 2009
Which Lady Is The Tramp?
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The other morning on the commute I was listening to the Pure Jazz Moods 2-CD (it's the commute, you're allowed to listen to anythin...
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Countdown to July
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It does not matter how many times I sit through a re-organisation, the waiting does not get any easier. You know they are plotting to get ri...
On Being an Analyst In A Bureaucracy
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For reasons beyond me, people want to be managers rather than analysts. I regard the title 'analyst' as a badge worth wearing, where...
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