Assumption-Based Planning: A Tool for Reducing Avoidable Surprises (RAND Studies in Policy Analysis)
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Assumption-Based Planning: A Tool for Reducing Avoidable Surprises (RAND Studies in Policy Analysis)
known unknowns--uncertain factors that you are aware of, meaning that the plan is correct but lacking precision, also known as bad luck or bad design.
Jacob Lund Fisker • Early Retirement Extreme: A philosophical and practical guide to financial independence
Assumptions should be scrutinized, tested and challenged.
David Updegrove • The Critical Chain Implementation Handbook
It is possible that a single assumption is so powerful that it can lead to a tactic without an additional assumption.
David Updegrove • The Critical Chain Implementation Handbook
Moving from relatively simple pencil-and-paper forecasts to complex computerized scenarios makes it easier to perform the requisite calculations and to produce different scenarios, but it does not eliminate the inevitable perils of making assumptions. Just the opposite—more complex models combining the interactions of economic, social, technical, a
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Use Your Story Maps to Generate Assumptions
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Assumption Storming. It’s a classic tool of design. This is a moment where we can ask: “What are all our assumptions about working in the office? What are all of our assumptions about working online?” We can then lay out our responses and see which ones we want to recreate and which ones we want to let go.