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From Jeff Bezos—A Valuable Lesson on Competition Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos recently addressed a group of children at an elementary school. There was was one particularly interesting sound bite: "Who succeeds at Amazon? Explorers and pioneers. Who fails? Those who focus on killing our competitors." Here's why you shouldn't obsess over competition. |
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What's in the May/June 2014 Issue of Better Software Magazine? Better Software magazine editor Ken Whitaker highlights content from the latest issue, including articles on prioritization, configuration management, developing apps for the cloud, and handling quality issues in data warehousing. |
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Playing Devil’s Advocate: Use Premortems for Your Project’s Success Most teams could benefit from having a devil’s advocate—someone who would help the team identify weaknesses in their thinking and seek changes that would prevent or minimize adverse outcomes. A project team can become its own devil’s advocate by using premortems before the project proceeds. |
