http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/12/the-law-of-diminishing-returns-finding-the-balance/ Life simplistic: 15-pound pack, a good book, no phone, no job, good food, around the Pacific Rim Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:50:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/12/the-law-of-diminishing-returns-finding-the-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Brook Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:26:47 +0000 http://www.endsofearth.com/?p=930#comment-623 There are few things as satisfying as good teamwork, but getting everybody on the same page is difficult. Reading your comment, the first thing that popped into my mind was OPRs and how they would go through three or four people---under the theory that the more people editing/revising a document, even if it moves along linearly from person to person and never getting feedback from the originators, results in a better final product---before final approval. Often times the final product was nothing like, and inferior to, the original draft. Other times the final version was better. It really depended on who the team members were, how skilled they were (late stage editors are not necessarily better writers), and how much they cared...so, like you said, it all depends on how the process is managed. There are few things as satisfying as good teamwork, but getting everybody on the same page is difficult. Reading your comment, the first thing that popped into my mind was OPRs and how they would go through three or four people—under the theory that the more people editing/revising a document, even if it moves along linearly from person to person and never getting feedback from the originators, results in a better final product—before final approval. Often times the final product was nothing like, and inferior to, the original draft. Other times the final version was better. It really depended on who the team members were, how skilled they were (late stage editors are not necessarily better writers), and how much they cared…so, like you said, it all depends on how the process is managed.

]]> http://www.endsofearth.com/2009/12/the-law-of-diminishing-returns-finding-the-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-622 Glenn Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:38:38 +0000 http://www.endsofearth.com/?p=930#comment-622 Great Post. For me, I like how the idea of teamwork can play into some of this. If I get an 80% solution and hand it off to another and that person performs an 80% solution on the remaining 20%, we are getting somewhere. The best solutions are attained in a well managed team. Great Post. For me, I like how the idea of teamwork can play into some of this. If I get an 80% solution and hand it off to another and that person performs an 80% solution on the remaining 20%, we are getting somewhere. The best solutions are attained in a well managed team.

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