10.1. Nonnegotiable Demands

Whether you are a corporate leader in a position to set expectations in your organization, or whether you can do no more than set goals for your own personal performance, here is a list of nonnegotiable demands to strive for:

  • You will develop an explicit plan for project planning.

  • The planning plan will include a target blueprint and the infrastructure and tools to achieve it.

  • You will take control of the information acquisition process.

  • You will get to the blueprint as directly as possible and produce metadata only when there is a clear benefit.

  • You will expect that your planners complete the blueprint as early as possible and that they will recognize when they have reached a point of diminishing returns.

  • You will expect ...

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