Scope Creep
Also known as feature creep, the continuous addition of new features to a product, often beyond the original scope, leading to project delays and resource strain. Important for managing project scope and ensuring timely delivery.
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“delay management”
Negative Float
A scheduling term that indicates a delay in the project timeline that cannot be recovered. Important for identifying and addressing potential project delays, ensuring timely delivery of digital products.
Hofstadter’s Law
A principle that states tasks always take longer than expected, even when considering Hofstadter's Law itself. Important for setting realistic project timelines and managing expectations in digital product development.
Dependency Management
The process of identifying, assessing, and controlling dependencies between tasks or projects to minimize risks and ensure smooth project execution. Crucial for effective project management and delivery.
Critical Path Method
A project management technique that identifies the longest sequence of dependent tasks and calculates the shortest possible project duration. Essential for optimizing project timelines and ensuring timely delivery of digital products.
WSJF
Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) is a prioritization method used in agile and lean methodologies to maximize value by comparing the cost of delay to the duration of tasks. Essential for effectively prioritizing work to ensure the highest value tasks are completed first.
Intertemporal Choice
The study of how people make choices about what and how much to do at various points in time, often involving trade-offs between costs and benefits occurring at different times. Crucial for designing systems that account for delayed gratification and long-term planning.
Friction
Elements in a process that cause resistance or slow down user actions, which can lead to frustration or be used intentionally to prevent errors and encourage deliberate actions. Important for recognizing both the negative impact of unnecessary delays and the positive use of intentional friction to enhance user decision-making and reduce errors.
CoD
Cost of Delay (CoD) is a metric that quantifies the economic impact of delaying a project, feature, or task. Important for making informed decisions about project prioritization and resource allocation.
Mura
A Japanese word meaning inconsistency or variability in processes. Helps in recognizing and addressing workflow imbalances to improve efficiency.
Hyperbolic Discounting
A cognitive bias where people disproportionately prefer smaller, immediate rewards over larger, later rewards. Important for understanding and designing around user decision-making and reward structures.