If I had six hours to cut a tree, I’d spend the first four sharpening my axe. Abraham Lincoln I’m currently working with a client helping them upgrade their systems to the most recent version of their software. Along the way, we’re refactoring and...
At one time, where I live in North Carolina was within 2 hours of 5 different NASCAR race tracks. Since I’m not originally “from around here”, I summarize NASCAR as “A bunch of good ol’ boys. Drive fast. Turn left.” The locals tend...
I found the following in some notes from October 2000. I don’t remember why I made the observations. Requirements The bad news: it’s just has hard to define small project requirements as it is large project requirements. The good news: since there are...
I went on a kayaking trip with some friends. We stopped and looked at the first rapid on the first river from the bridge. I distinctly remember saying, “It looks good from here.” And it did. What I didn’t see was around the corner. The river bed...
Re-reading my blog titles occasionally leads to interesting thoughts. Many titles mention change, and most entries have something to do with change. But after all these entries no one has asked me, “Don, what do you mean ‘change’?”. Until...
I’m working backwards. I started this entry on defining change. Then I realized change can’t exist without systems. So, what is a system? I like the following (heavily inspired by Systems Thinking Basics: From Concepts to Causal Loops) Systems have several...
