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Architecture represents a common abstraction of a system that most, if not all, of the system’s stakeholders can use as a basis for creating mutual understanding, negotiating, forming consensus, and communicating with each other. The architecture—or at least parts of it—are sufficiently abstract that most nontechnical people can understand it to... See more
Paul Clements • Software Architecture in Practice, 4th Edition
helps with communiation among stakeholders
One of a therapist’s chief functions—though rarely taught or discussed—is to offer clients a credible vision of how great their life can be.
This makes a therapist who’s witnessed spiritual and material abundance like 1000x more effective than one who hasn’t.
Dr. Gena GorlinSo much of self-regulation comes down to 2 interrelated powers: 1) keeping yourself inspired, and 2) keeping yourself accountable.
Recognizing in a felt way that “this is worth doing”, and that “I’m responsible for doing it.”
Dr. Gena Gorlinsubstack.commy newly articulated framework for deciding how to price work has 5 dimensions:
how much FUN will it be? (obvious)
how NICE are the people i’ll work with? (also obvious)
how EASY is the work to deliver? (= i’ve done it before and know what to... See more
Vaughn Tansubstack.comThis practice gained attention in the early 2000s through the ideas of Alistair Cockburn and his notion of a “walking skeleton.” More recently, it has been adopted by those employing MVP (minimum viable product) as a strategy for risk reduction.
Paul Clements • Software Architecture in Practice, 4th Edition
enabling incremental development
The easiest way to create a sense of overwhelm and mental fatigue is to keep delaying the things you know you need to do.
Recovering Overthinkersubstack.com“One thing you do learn with flying is, when you’re off course a little bit, my instructor always said ‘small adjustments normalize the situation,’ ” Carlisle says. “In basketball, life and basketball coaching, small adjustments and normalizing the situation as much as possible have a lot to do with problem solving.”
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