One minute overview seriesTuesday, May 26th 2020 Allowable Tolerance: The tolerance required for any given task. In other words, how perfect you need to be, and how much time and cost can be sacrificed in pursuit of that level of perfection.
Knowing the allowable tolerance for any given task is an easy way to ensure perfectionism doesn’t slow you down. Some tasks require great precision and some don’t. Speed and perfection are both valuable, so understand exactly what is required and act accordingly.
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One minute overview seriesMonday, May 25th 2020 When entering an unfamiliar market it is important to focus where it matters.
Focus on the product and not the process. Focus on what matters to your customer.
Let’s face it, when you’re just starting on a new project it can be easy to feel unsure of a product’s value.
The inclination to avoid failure by bolstering the value is natural, but be careful how you go about doing that Read More
One minute overview seriesThursday, May 21st 2020 Time is money and notifications are key. An easy alternative to building a notification system is integrating Slack and using it to notify employees of certain events on your site.
The Slack API is powerful which means that you can set up your website as a ‘user’ and send notifications to specific channels and mention specific team members with ease. e.g.
New user signup? Send the details to Noah. Error in the checkout? Send the log to Zakk Read More
One minute overview seriesWednesday, May 20th 2020 Automation of data processing is one of the easiest ways to harness the power of technology and reduce overhead. And not only that, it typically pays for itself within a short amount of time.
Whenever you find yourself entering redundant data, or transferring data, ask yourself if a simple integration could do the same thing instantly and accurately. Human effort is very valuable for complex tasks like problem-solving and customer service and that is where your man-hours are best devoted. Leave the tedium to the machines and automate wherever and whenever possible.
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