Comments on: Are Your Defects Like Potholes? http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2008/02/are-your-defects-like-potholes.html Management, especially good management, is hard to do. This blog is for people who want to think about how they manage people, projects, and risk. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jen, writer MembershipMillionaire.com http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2008/02/are-your-defects-like-potholes.html/comment-page-1#comment-4692 Jen, writer MembershipMillionaire.com Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:06:54 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2008/02/are-your-defects-like-potholes.html#comment-4692 We should be especially aware of this. Unfortunately, a lot of people do have the same attitude when it comes to their defects. Instead of going for the long term solutions, they want the easiest and quickest way. The trouble with this, however, is that effects don't really last a long time. They're just temporary. In the long run, you ended up wasting even more time that you would have spent just fixing the root of the problem. We should be especially aware of this. Unfortunately, a lot of people do have the same attitude when it comes to their defects. Instead of going for the long term solutions, they want the easiest and quickest way. The trouble with this, however, is that effects don’t really last a long time. They’re just temporary. In the long run, you ended up wasting even more time that you would have spent just fixing the root of the problem.

]]> By: Joshua Feinberg http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2008/02/are-your-defects-like-potholes.html/comment-page-1#comment-4569 Joshua Feinberg Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:07:40 +0000 http://jrothman.com/blog/mpd/2008/02/are-your-defects-like-potholes.html#comment-4569 Johanna, That's a really great analogy... the inevitable winter weather and the potholes they bring. You can't make a career out of filling them (unless you're in the asphalt business). But if you don't take care of the really bad ones, someone could break an axle, have the car spiral out of the control, and end up with a real tragedy. So it's really a matter of triage, like an emergency room doctor. But you're right... real fixes are what matters. Not bandages. Otherwise, the same problems will crop up again and be slowing down big picture developments in the near future. You're provided some very good food for thought on choosing priorities and time management. Johanna,

That’s a really great analogy… the inevitable winter weather and the potholes they bring.

You can’t make a career out of filling them (unless you’re in the asphalt business). But if you don’t take care of the really bad ones, someone could break an axle, have the car spiral out of the control, and end up with a real tragedy.

So it’s really a matter of triage, like an emergency room doctor.

But you’re right… real fixes are what matters. Not bandages.

Otherwise, the same problems will crop up again and be slowing down big picture developments in the near future.

You’re provided some very good food for thought on choosing priorities and time management.

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