Committees and Directors
Outcome Many things are going to effect getting something done, in this case building a system or creating software. Though I think the following could be said about just about any collaborative effort. There are three concepts to keep in mind, one is design by committee , the second a saying I picked up at Cable & Wireless from a director I worked for : "There should always be an odd number of decisions makers, and three is too many" And the third concept, which I was lucky enough to have a senior exec from Accenture remind me of recently is : "Given that a qualified professional experienced person (i.e. me) trusts their judgement and ability to learn from mistakes, the more time you spend making decisions, the more you get correct and the more that gets done." It's a simple formula that rests on the 80/20 rule stating : If I make the right choice 80% of the time, then the more choices I make and act on the more I'll get right over time. The opposite be