http://edgehopper.com/effectiveness-vs-efficiency/ Brain Droppings on Innovation, Creativity, and Collaboration Thu, 10 May 2012 09:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://edgehopper.com/effectiveness-vs-efficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-1106 Did we forget how to talk to each other? | Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:28:25 +0000 http://www.chrisspagnuolo.com/PermaLink,guid,482ccd9e-e691-4cc0-9cad-f20fc497607c.aspx#comment-1106 [...] Twitter is cool. Wikis are neat. SharePoint is, hmmm, good? And email is email. These tools are all useful in helping us communicate with each other when we’re separated by great distances. They help us bridge the gap by providing fast, efficient means of communication. It doesn’t get more efficient than Twitter’s 140 character limit. But take a close look at these tools. They all share a common characteristic. They’re all based on written communication. While the written word may be very efficient for transferring information, it is not very effective at persuading people or making a real impact. And there is a tremendous difference between being efficient and being effective. [...] [...] Twitter is cool. Wikis are neat. SharePoint is, hmmm, good? And email is email. These tools are all useful in helping us communicate with each other when we’re separated by great distances. They help us bridge the gap by providing fast, efficient means of communication. It doesn’t get more efficient than Twitter’s 140 character limit. But take a close look at these tools. They all share a common characteristic. They’re all based on written communication. While the written word may be very efficient for transferring information, it is not very effective at persuading people or making a real impact. And there is a tremendous difference between being efficient and being effective. [...]

]]> http://edgehopper.com/effectiveness-vs-efficiency/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Chris Spagnuolo's EdgeHopper Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:00:19 +0000 http://www.chrisspagnuolo.com/PermaLink,guid,482ccd9e-e691-4cc0-9cad-f20fc497607c.aspx#comment-348 [...] course, the underlying concern in both of these cases is keeping the QA’s and the devlopers effectively utilized during an iteration. Software quality always seems to boil down to a utilization/cost equation [...] [...] course, the underlying concern in both of these cases is keeping the QA’s and the devlopers effectively utilized during an iteration. Software quality always seems to boil down to a utilization/cost equation [...]

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