http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/ Management Improvement focused on Deming, lean thinking, innovation, customer focus, six sigma, etc. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:35:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-33546 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Combinatorial Testing for Software Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:12:01 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/#comment-33546 Combinatorial testing looks at binary interaction effects (success or failure), since it is seeking to find bugs in software, while design of experiments captures the magnitude of interaction effects on performance... Combinatorial testing looks at binary interaction effects (success or failure), since it is seeking to find bugs in software, while design of experiments captures the magnitude of interaction effects on performance…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-33158 CuriousCat: Google Should Stay True to Their Management Practices Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:07:51 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/#comment-33158 Google is still growing and developing their management culture. The ability to continue to experiment and adjust is good. I just firmly hope they do not bow to a short term quarterly earning focus... Google is still growing and developing their management culture. The ability to continue to experiment and adjust is good. I just firmly hope they do not bow to a short term quarterly earning focus…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-32890 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » The Software Engineering Manager’s Lament Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:45:15 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/#comment-32890 [...] they will replace anyone who ships without quality. Unfortunately, threats work a lot better at incentivizing people to CYA than getting them to write quality software. … * Practice five why’s to get to [...] [...] they will replace anyone who ships without quality. Unfortunately, threats work a lot better at incentivizing people to CYA than getting them to write quality software. … * Practice five why’s to get to [...]

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-32819 Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog » Motivate or Eliminate De-Motivation Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:52:42 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/#comment-32819 I still see far to many managers thinking in a theory x way - 50 years after McGregor’s The Human Side of Enterprise. If there was not such a systemic failure to apply effective management practices and such a desire to substitute motivation for management I wouldn’t see this as a big deal... I still see far to many managers thinking in a theory x way – 50 years after McGregor’s The Human Side of Enterprise. If there was not such a systemic failure to apply effective management practices and such a desire to substitute motivation for management I wouldn’t see this as a big deal…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-32651 CuriousCat: Individual Bonuses Are Bad Management Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:03:13 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/#comment-32651 The idea that bonuses are bad management is one of the more difficult management improvement ideas for people to accept... The idea that bonuses are bad management is one of the more difficult management improvement ideas for people to accept…

]]> http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/comment-page-1/#comment-32201 clarke ching Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:26:08 +0000 http://management.curiouscatblog.net/2008/04/18/the-defect-black-market/#comment-32201 Wonderful! Wonderful!

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