The Regenerate Web

There are two unkind words that derive from the farm - manure from a bull (BS), and manure from a horse (HS)?  I have a working assumption around colloquial language that says HS is used to describe something of poor quality, questionable value.  HS ususally is the result of poor workmanship, poor raw materials, poor process, etc.  BS, on the otherhand, is deceptive.  BS is usually used to describe something passing as something else; a deception, an "error" masquerading as truth.  The fable "The Emperor's New Clothes" is a story about BS.  When you call BS, you are saying that you "see" the emperor, and he is naked, and ugly!  

Lisa Haneberg over at Management Craft provides this insight about Improving Pace at Work.

Since I had been thinking about this topic all weekend, and had already threatened to post about it, I am going for it.

My original thoughts came from my experience with the martial arts.  I started a program at the beginning of the year (for the first time) primarily out of my need to exercise.  I wanted an exercise regimen that would occupy my mind as much as my body, because the running, cycling, lifting, cardio-machining that I had been doing were somewhat mindless.

Skip Angel (of Random Thoughts of a CTO)  has a new blog called Leaning Towards Agility.  His recent post about making things more difficult was quite amusing.

At the end, he asked a question about products.  

Have you ever been part of a requirements process that stalled?  Sometimes this happens because the requester or delegate parties responsible for providing requirements were unable to provide complete sets of what ultimately would become the business rules that your solution would need to contemplate.  Perhaps it is because the policies are in the process of changing, and are not defined today.  Perhaps the request is dependent on other changes that are being made in related business processes which also are not finalized.  Perhaps it is