Quotes About Prioritization

the Fifth Ideal is Customer Focus, where we ruthlessly question whether something actually matters to our customers, as in, are they willing to pay us for it or is it only of value to our functional silo?

Information Security is always flashing their badges at people and making urgent demands, regardless of the consequences to the rest of the organization, which is why we don't invite them to many meetings. The best way to make sure something doesn't get done is to have them in the room.

Erik then grows still and merely says, "To fix your problem, you need to do a lot more than just learning how to say no. That's the tip of the iceberg.

In hindsight, we now know that WIP is one of the root causes for chronic due-date problems, quality issues, and expediters having to rejuggle priorities every day. It's

If we single-task on the most important project for two weeks and still aren't able to make a big dent, then I think we should all find new day jobs.

Let's be honest," Patty says. "Priority 1 is whoever is yelling the loudest, with the tie-breaker being who can escalate to the most senior executive. Except when they're more subtle. I've seen a bunch of my staff always prioritizing a certain manager's requests, because he takes them out to lunch once a month.

Alert fatigue is the single biggest problem we have right now…We need to be more intelligent about our alerts or we'll all go insane.

Something seems wrong in a world where half the e-mail messages sent are urgent.

Unplanned work is what prevents you from doing it. Like matter and antimatter, in the presence of unplanned work, all planned work ignites with incandescent fury, incinerating everything around it. Like Phoenix.

Adding a new line of business to an existing portfolio creates a crisis of prioritization. Such

Man sollte nie so viel zu tun haben, daß man zum zum Nachdenken keine Zeit mehr hat.

The shorter the hours, the larger the income. Don't get into the habit of putting in long hours or you may be set down into a permanent subordinate position.

As for time, all men have it in abundance.

You can stay out here and compare inches for the entire night, but I'm going inside.

He shook his head. "Better to do a small wrong to prevent a big one." "How do you decide what is a 'small' wrong? Let's say, you buy the safety of many with the life of a child. That child means everything to her parents. You devastated them. There is no greater wrong you can

He shook his head. "Better to do a small wrong to prevent a big one." "How do you decide what is a 'small' wrong? Let's say, you buy the safety of many with the life of a child. That child means everything to her parents. You devastated them. There is no greater wrong you can do to them. Why would that be a 'small' evil?

Look, it can be fast, good, or cheap. You can have any two but never all three." "Why?" "It's the law of the universe.

There is only a God-given number of years in which to work and fulfill yourself. Don't squander them.

There are degrees of justice, Elijah. When the lesser is incompatable with the greater, the lesser must give way.

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. --Isaac Asimov

There were times when a Rational could be too Rational, and chase down the tracks of every thought to the detriment of what was important.

It was less respectable because less immediately useful; and it was poorly financed since it was less profitable.

Esos desaires no me quitan el sueño: no tengo que agradar a todo el mundo, sólo a quienes en verdad me importan, que no son muchos.

Tendemos a postergarnos por los hijos, los compañeros, los padres y por casi todos los demás. Nos sometemos y sacrificamos por amor, eso nos parece el colmo de la nobleza.