Ramblemuse Touch Points

The comments in my last entry on tightening funding and schedules, reminded me of several conversations I’ve had with colleagues regarding the need for creative slack to remain productive.
Tom DeMarco explored this in his book, “Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency” I also came across a fairly long and comprehensive [...]

My recent ejection out of the mainstream of LLNL projects has underscored the limits of personal professionalism. Last fall, with the management transition from the University of California (UC) to the new LLC, I had accepted the job with the new management, retired from UC two days after the transition, and then cut back to [...]