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Pipo Proefdraaier gepakt
Pipo stopt met proefdraaien (van een onzer verslaggevers) APELDOORN — In samenwerking met de opsporingsdienst van de PTTspoorde gistermiddag de Apeldoornse recherche de illegale FM-zender „Pipo proefdraaier” op. De apparatuur werd bediend door de 15-jarige Apeldoorner M. van S. De zender werd in beslag genomen. Apeldoornse courant Klein FM-zendertje met 2N3053 in kleine aluminium behuizing. …
brAun Atelier A1 repair
Noise & crackle in the speakers of my brAun A1 Atelier amplifier, bought for ƒ595 in 1981. Initial thought: electrolytic capacitors are old, dried out, and may be leaking. Removed the pre out/main in connectors (back side of A1): symptom persists. Analysis: problem located in main amplifier (Endverstärker). Opened the A1: everything looks good, except …
The Quality
From Christopher Alexander’s book The Timeless Way Of Building, chapter 2, The Quality. THE QUALITY To seek the timeless way we must first know the quality without a name. THE QUALITY WITHOUT A NAME There is a central quality which is the root criterion of life and spirit in a many a town, a buildings …
Awesome Assistants
A potential role description of Personal Assistants within a company or organisation. Purpose Our purpose is to give those who we serve: Carefree management Keep us sharp Please let us know if we ever fail to meet the minimum standards so we can improve on our responsibilities. Proactively: We schedule all your meetings—You can rest …
Rhineland model reflects agile philosophy
The Rhineland Model resonates with the agile philosophy.
Continuous Development
The Agile & Lean world often focuses on coaching and leading continuous transformation. Some people always feel somewhat uncomfortable with words like transformation and change, as they often imply people and organisations compelled, coerced even, to change and transform. How about moving towards coaching and leading continuous development? The Ancient Greek philosophers identified four aspects …
RAMPS
Click here or on image above ↑ for PDF. Michael D. Hill introduces RAMPS as a motivation model: Rhythm, Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose, Safety. Michael even goes deep on Mastery as Motivator: The M of RAMPS. Next, Ron Jeffries sings harmony on RAMPS. With kudos to Michael for writing this up, allow me to join the …
Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix
Use a visual tool to drive the right conversations on the right topic on the right time, and capture your vision, strategy, tactics, and evidence on a single A3, also known as the hoshin kanri x-matrix, in order to: involve everyone in its cocreation; make sure you are doing the right things; align all stakeholders to create a …
Flow vs Dual Track Development
Really love and fully agree with the gist of Jeff Patton’s Dual Track Development as well as Desirée Sy’s Adapting Usability Investigations for Agile User-centered Design. Throughout, there are different foci and kinds of work that are needed to evolve great outcomes. Yet, I don’t experience it as a dual track. Also, a dual track seems to split a joint effort …