“Frames Around Arnold”:https://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16947 George Lakoff on the frames of reference that were used in the media coverage of Arnold Schwartzenegger’s election victory. [via Doc Searls]
A couple of weeks ago Spike Hall wrote about Mapping Knowledge-Making Efforts – inspired by Liz Lawley‘s criticism of the short attention span of the blogosphere he proposed a web-based tool to co-ordinate longer term collective knowledge making efforts. In a comment to that earlier entry I expressed interest balanced by a concern that there are significant socio-cultural and emotional influences operating in blogging which urge us to a set of behaviours I would now summarise as read fast, skim the surface, post often.
“Enterprise Architecture”:https://martinfowler.com/bliki/EnterpriseArchitecture.html Martin Fowler says As it turns out, I can get pretty cynical about enterprise architecture. This cynicism comes from what seems to be the common life-cycle of enterprise architecture initiatives. Usually they begin in a blaze of glory and attention as the IT group launches a major initiative that will be bring synergy, reuse, and all the other benefits that can come by breaking down the stovepipes of application islands (and other suitable analogies).
“Combining KM and IT”:https://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2003/10/08.html#a468 Dave Pollard thinks that for pragmatic reasons KM should be organizationally part of IT, rather than a separate department or a part of HR or Sales & Marketing
Anne Galloway is “Doing Things With Words”:https://www.purselipsquarejaw.org/2003_10_01_blogger_archives.php#106554539935276817 But mostly I like thinking about the relationships between words, contexts and who we can – and cannot – be.
Just getting around to reviewing my notes from another workshop with a coach from The Mind Gym, this time called “Unleash Your Creativity” (see also Creativity for Logical Thinkers) Workshop outline: Beliefs about Creativity What is creativity? Why is it important? Preferred style Innovators Connectors Enhancers Pattern Breaking barriers – circumstances barriers – beliefs barriers – environment Techniques Brainstorming / Brainwriting Collective Build Random Picture / Word Creative Break 8 Rules for success Believe you can be creative Be clear about objective Don’t evaluate until the creative part of the session is over Persevere Create an environment that enhances creativity Use creative techniques Make sure you evaluate at the end of the session Take creative breaks Whilst I was absorbing and reflecting on that I noticed that a few people in my blogosphere have also been paying attention to the subject of creativity.
Continuing to work through Lean Software Development by Mary & Tom Poppendieck. Chapter 2 – Amplify Learning The problems solved by software do not have “right” answers, rather it is a case of seeking to reduce uncertainty as the project progresses – uncertainty about customer requirements, uncertainty about technology. Software development is therefore a process of learning and like all learning inherently cyclical. The tools introduced in this chapter are primarily about adopting maximising opportunities for learning, enhancing communication between the people who understand different parts of the problem domain and allowing solutions to emerge that meet the needs of all stakeholders.
“Faceted Movable Type”:https://www.pixelcharmer.com/fieldnotes/archives/process_designing/2003/000348.html#000348 *Pixelcharmer explains how to build a faceted classification scheme in MT
“The Top 10 Ways Software Projects are Different”:https://www.pmforum.org/library/papers/Top10WaysSoftwareProjectsRDifferent.html James Bullock explains for non-software project managers… via Virtual Projects
Started to work through Lean Software Development by Mary & Tom Poppendieck. Chapter 1 – Eliminate Waste waste = non-value added activity value = customer perception Tool 1 = seeing waste Partially Done Work Extra Processes Extra Features Task Switching Waiting Motion Defects Tool 2 – Value Chain mapping Map process flow Value-added Non-value-added Prioritise improvements Repeat Mindmap: JPEG [93kb], MindManager