Archive - SwiftSure

Pursuing just enough quality

When we work with craftsman to produce products, we rely on their talent, teamwork, and the match of their experience to the jobs to be done.

Aug 3 •

Verification and validation concepts, strategies, and limitations

In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art. - Bill Kovach

Aug 2 •

July 2025

Negotiating and documenting commitments

This is the third in a series on elaboration

Jul 30 •

Focusing attention on the most important details

This is the first article of a series on elaboration.

Jul 30 •

The search for value

The pursuit of value is usually a tenuous and uncertain quest for meaning.

Jul 29 •

Becoming competent

Everybody’s got a different circle of competence. The important thing is not how big the circle is. The important thing is staying inside the circle. …

Jul 22 •

This is an excellent theoretical work about human error, written from a cognitive psychology perspective.

Jul 22 •

The logic of failure

Things go wrong - crap happens.

Jul 22 •

Creating actionable work

In the book Simplexity, Jeffrey Kluger points out that work is always more complex than it appears to be:

Jul 21 •

More than some assembly required

A jigsaw puzzle is a classic afternoon diversion for one or more people.

Jul 17 •

What's in a name?

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. - Laozi, Tao Te Ching

Jul 13 •

We who wrestle with systems

"We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.” – Winston Churchill

Jul 8 •

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