Method Engineering
Situational Method Engineering-The Methodology to Write Methodologies I was introduced to this “meta-methodology” by Professor Gutzwiller and Professor Osterle at […]
Methods
Gallifraumy, Provoking
The Race to Death-Computer Systems
I was told that actuarial mathematics emerged in the 17th Century to calculate mortality so that insurance premiums could be
Problems To Solve, Stories
Project management-the ill-fated phased approach
Once upon a time there was a country where vehicles drove on the left hand side of the highway, whereas
Gallifraumy, Provoking
Kahn’s Escalation Ladder to Armageddon
44 Steps to Armageddon Herman Kahn wrote “On Escalation: Metaphors and Scenarios” in 1965. It was intended to provide a
Problems To Solve, Stories
Solutions Looking For Problems
Sometimes we think we have the solution before we have understood the problem properly. Sometimes we have a really great
Aphorisms, Provoking
Can’t Do or Won’t Do
A cynical colleague once said to me that all people problems can be classified as either a “Can’t Do” or
Problems, Problems To Find
How Do You Know That You Have A Problem?
Starter List for a Taxonomy The difference between what we want and the current state The difference between where we
Humor
How You Know Your Applications Need Replacing?
Starter List-Please add your own You need an Ouija Board to contact the developer.
Problems To Find, Stories
Look where there are no holes
The Bullet Hole Misconception is an infamous real-world “balancing” error where Allied Command in World War II kept losing bombers
Fiction, Resources
War With the Newts: the unintended consequences of technology?
By Karel Capek (Karel first used the term “robot, ” Czech for serf) ‘War with the Newts’ is Karel Capek’s