Two exercises · A few minutes each
Choose first. Then read what it costs.
Every case study here names the decision the work changed and the tradeoff it accepted. These two hand you the choice before the write-up: one on a fictional quarter, one on a decision from your own work. There is no score and no right answer.
01A fictional quarterFour demands. Capacity for two.Four reasonable requests to a central data team, room for two. Choose a pair and read what it buys, what it assumes, and what it leaves exposed.
- Starts from
- A fictional quarter in a central data team: four requests, two delivery slots.
- You do
- Choose the two the team does. The other two wait, at a cost someone carries.
- You leave with
- What the pair buys, what it assumes, what you accept, and what would change the choice.
- Starts from
- A request, recommendation or decision you hold right now. Nothing is typed in.
- You do
- Answer six questions about it. "I don't know yet" is a complete answer.
- You leave with
- Where to start: a question to ask next, a small step within your remit, and what it costs.