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Appreciate Differences >---> AppreciateDifferences
� Rick Brenner, 2001
In group problem-solving, diversity of opinion and healthy, reasoned debate ensure that our conclusions take into account all of the difficulties we can anticipate. Lock-step thinking and limited debate expose us to the risk of unanticipated risk.

Reasons >---> ReasonsReasons
� Gerald M. Weinberg, 2000-2001
I remember one summer day during World War II when my father, Harry, and I were discussing the water restrictions that had been imposed because of drought conditions. I was worried that we might run out of water, and my father said, "Yes, it could happen that we'd run out of water. Lots of things can run out - water, sugar, meat, gasoline, bread, even air. But there's one thing that will never run out."

Managing in Mayberry: An examination of three distinct leadership styles >---> ManageMayberry
(c) 2000-2001 Don Gray and Dan Starr
Near the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina, not far from where you think it should be, there really is a town called Mayberry.

What To Do When Your Project Slips� >---> ProjectSlips
Johanna Rothman
You're not going to meet schedule. Maybe requirements have taken longer. Perhaps in the middle of implementation, you uncover something requiring redesign. Maybe developers haven't met one milestone yet and you're worried about the test time. What do you do?

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Our thanks to Dick Karpinski for the concept and initial execution of these discussions.