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Why You Can’t Prioritise
by Business Value
@KevlinHenney
prioritise by
business value
prioritise or prioritize, verb
▪ determine the relative
importance of items or tasks
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
value
business value
tomtoro.com/cartoons/
business value
for whom?
business value
how long for?
business value
in the future
To me programming is more than
an important practical art. It is
also a gigantic undertaking in the
foundations of knowledge.
Grace Hopper
known knowns
known knowns
known unknowns
known knowns
known unknowns
unknown unknowns
known knowns
known unknowns
unknown unknowns
unknowable unknowns
Prediction is very
difficult, especially
about the future.
Niels Bohr?
future value is
unknowable
prioritise by
business value
prioritise by
estimated
business value

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