11 The Nine Situations | The Art of War by Sun Tzu

 

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– Being prepared at what you do can be the difference between success and failure when things go wrong

 

– Your king is your own customers. If you care for them, they will care for your project. Anticipate their needs, desires, wants and fulfill them with an unbiased mind.

 

– Understand and respect the scope, ownerships and accountabilities of the project you work on.

 

– Be subtle and diplomatic. You can only learn when you listen. But always be prepared to answer and follow up.

 

– Share efforts with other people in the project by offering free help, as that will come back as an investement.

 

– Focus on key elements of a production which are the least organized or efficient.

 

– Validate and qualify your resources before taking on a plan.

 

– Invest into a plan only if you are sure it can be completed successfully.

 

– Value a project’s requirements and its users’ experience before the technology development itself.

 

– Motivate your teams by the gains in specific production investments.

 

– Organize tasks and teams based on their strenghts and self efficiency.

 

– Analyze the project’s requirements and resources. Then prioritize them accordingly.

 

– Observe and resolve bottlenecks, opportunities and users’ needs

 

– Detail a plan B as soon as you striclty commit to a detailed plan A.

 

– Dedicate some time and small teams to research efficient alternatives.

 

– Build only and always on top of stable and known cycles.

 

– Focus on the big items if they can resolve a lot of small ones.

 

– If something worked before is still worth to think out of the box.

 

– Combine all your team strengths into a unified collaborative effort.

 

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